Admin Note: Our original announcement of the subject book on 9/8/14 turned out to be premature. iTunes needed to finish approving the new book before its release. It is now approved and available as described below.
We have also attached a flyer for this incredible book if you wish to send it to others. You can find the link to the flyer at the end of this discussion.
HCF Member Irene Smith has just released her latest book. It is an iBook, which represents the latest technology in book publishing today. It has embedded videos and audio with the text. Irene is a pioneer in massage for hospice care. As a West Coast assistant for over 10 years to her teacher, the late pioneering thanatologist, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD, she brings remarkable depth, wisdom, and therapeutic presence to her work in hospice care.
Massage In Hospice: An Everflowing Approach is a multi-layered, interactive primer on providing massage therapy for those who are in hospice care.
Click here to see and buy Irene's book on iTunes.
Irene Smith, internationally acclaimed author, educator and original pioneer in the hospice massage field, uses text, video, audio and photo galleries to share her wealth of experience with unprecedented clarity, understanding and compassion. Integrating the art, the science and the emotion of hospice massage, this groundbreaking multimedia presentation facilitates a truly balanced experience allowing the reader to feel the texture and the tone of the Everflowing approach.
The information shared is organized for personal use as a private practitioner, for course study in a group, and as a teaching tool in classrooms and hospice trainings.
Professional body workers, bodywork students, and healthcare professionals with a desire to enhance the touch component in their professional role, as well as hospice volunteers, friends, and family who wish to provide skillful touch or massage for a loved one or patient will benefit from the depth of wisdom and experience shared in this cutting edge iBook.
Irene's Background
In 2001, Irene founded and currently directs Everflowing, an educational outreach program dedicated to teaching mindful touching, as an integral component to end of life care. Having introduced massage into hospice care on the West coast in 1982, Irene has worked with hundreds of persons in hospital, home, hospice, and skilled nursing environments.
As Director of the internationally acclaimed non-profit organization Service Through Touch (1982-1999), Irene established massage projects for persons with HIV/AIDS worldwide.
A respected author and educator, Irene teaches health care providers, and body workers tactile support skills for caring for ill and dying persons, and creates resource materials utilized by institutions worldwide.
Her written contributions include Providing Massage in Hospice Care, Touch Awareness In Caregiving, The Emotional Impact Of Working With The Dying, chapter four in Psycho immunity and the Healing Process by Jason Serinus and chapter nine in Aids The Ultimate Challenge by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross MD.
Replies
Ugh...I would love to buy this but it won't allow me in iTunes and I don't have an iPad. Bummer.
Hi Rick,
Yes, sorry. Unfortunately I don't either. The book is fabulous. I have seen it and I am sorry I cannot get it either. I don't know what the long term situation is for other formats but this version took a while to put together.
Greg
Congratulations Irene!!