Aromatherapy for health professionals / edited by Shirley Price, Len Price. - 4th ed. - xiii, 381 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. + CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Book is accompanied by one CD-ROM'Aromatherapy for health professionals' bearing the same call number and available at Makmal Digital, Perpustakaan Dr. Abdul Latiff.

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 RM212.39 0702035645


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