Annotated Bibliography

Comprehensive listing of relevant research and other publications supporting the benefits of somatic therapies. Features pregnancy, labor, postpartum, and infant tactile research; with extensive abstracts.

by Carole Osborne

Carole has always enhanced her hands-on skill in maternity and infant massage therapy with wide-ranging academic study. From these 22 years of collaboration and reading, she has compiled an extensive collection of relevant research that supports the benefits of somatic therapies. This booklet includes extensive abstracts for over 100 research citations or other publications relevant to prenatal, labor, birth, postpartum, and infant tactile stimulation. Citations range from the mid-1900s to current research and including journals such as Science, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Massage Therapy Journal, Journal of Nurse Midwifery, Physical Therapy, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Birth, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Journal of the American Medical Association, and the Lancet.

BOOK SPECIFICATIONS

soft cover, spiral bound, 46 pages