- Paperback: 565 pages
- Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 3 edition (8 Nov 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0443101345
- ISBN-13: 978-0443101342
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 18.5 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 398,680 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The new edition of this highly successful book provides a clear and authoritative introduction to aromatherapy as practiced in modern health care settings. It gives valuable information for any health professional wishing to develop their understanding of the subject, providing the in-depth knowledge needed to use essential oils in the practice environment.
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58 of 61 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a recently qualified nurse I have been brought up on evidence-based practice. Shirley Price certainly offers this with well-referenced texts, fully documented evidence, and examples of anecdotal evidence from informed practitioners. There is however, a reluctance to acknowledge the effectiveness of the multidisciplinary aproach to healing by an insistance that aromatherapy is sufficient in it's own right without the need to incorporate skills related to nursing. This is understandable in a climate of complementary medicine having to justify it's own existance in the world of modern medicine. There is detailed information on antiseptic/bacterial/viral qualities of oils. The paragraph on the use of essential oils with learning disabilities was disappointing - referring only to the oils which should not be used as opposed to what could be used for various cognitive actions. There was also little reference to aromathrapy for smell-memory, dementia, short-term memory integration and epilepsy management.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the one I keep coming back to, I love the alphabetical section with tremendous detail on the selected essential oils. It seems to me a totally professional text and the most useful, although I have Battaglia and various others including Jane Buckle, which would be my top three. I am also a nurse but I don't share the first reviewer's views. It is obviously written by someone with tremendous experience and is very well referenced. It would always be nice to have more information, eg on dementia care, (my field), which the reviewer mentions, but in fact there is little research based information on that anyway! I unhesitatingly recommend it.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is exactly what I have been looking for. It combines practical application with reasonable science while focusing on healing.
In the back are several appendices listing the recommendations and summarizing the findings.
Definitely worth the time and money.
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Got this book as its been recommended in the Aromatherapy world and I too would recommend it. Most of the information is still relative today. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Paula Browne
Genius
I'm a nurse training to be an aromatherapist and hoping to combine the two and what a fantastic resource from someone who has been there, done it and willing to share their... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Nicki
Disappointing!
I ordered this book direct from Amazon as a christmas gift...not only did it take ages to arrive but when it did, it was a poor-quality fake copy, with black and white photocopied... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Katwina
Great book
This book is full of good information (more scientific) and it has a chapter in the clinical uses of aromatherapy oils. Worth buying!!! Read more
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