Library Catalogue

Aromatherapy for health professionals /

JACKSONS, JUDITH

Aromatherapy for health professionals / edited by JUDITH JACKSON. - 4th ed. - Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2012. - xiii, 381 p. : ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The genesis of essential oils -- Chemistry of essential oils -- Quality and safety. Power and hazards -- Traditional use, modern research -- Hydrolats : the essential waters -- How essential oils enter the body -- Aromas, mind, and body -- Touch and massage -- Aromatic medicine -- Wound care -- Stress, depression, and critical care -- Pregnancy and childbirth -- Learning difficulties and autism -- Care of the elderly, with particular reference to dementia -- Palliative and supportive care -- Bereavement -- Aromatherapy in the UK. Aromatherapy within the National Health Service -- Aromatherapy worldwide.

9780702035647 (pbk.)

2010053212


Aromatherapy.
Aromatherapy--methods.
Oils, Volatile--therapeutic use.

RM666.A68 / P76 2012

615/.3219

WB 925

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