Len Price - Aromatherapy for Health Professionals

Aromatherapy for Health Professionals

Fourth Edition

Shirley Price, Cert Ed, FISPA, HMIFA, FIAM (Aromatic Medicine)

Practitioner and Lecturer in Aromatherapy, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK

Len Price, MIT(Trichology), FISPA, HMIFA, FIAM(Aromatic Medicine)

Lecturer in Aromatherapy, Hinckley, Leicestershire, UK

Churchill Livingstone

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First edition 1995

Second edition 1999

Third edition 2007

Fourth edition 2012

ISBN 978-0-7020-3564-7

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Notices

Knowledge and best practice in this field are constantly changing. As new research and experience broaden our understanding, changes in research methods, professional practices, or medical treatment may become necessary.

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Contributors

Louise Anderson, BSc (Hons) Cert Ed MIFPA MAR IFL Dip. Holistic Aromatherapy and Massage, Dip. Reflexology, Dip. On Site Massage Cert. Social Care

Curriculum Leader for Society, Care and Development, Richmond Adult Community College, Richmond, UK

Angela Avis, MBE MA RGN DN Cert PG Dip Ed PG Dip Advanced Health Care Practice

Senior Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

Elaine Cooper, MIFPA LIAM

Clinical Lead and Manager, Complementary Therapy Service NHS Walsall Community Health; aromatologist

Julia Fearon, RGN RSCN BSc (Hons) Complementary Therapy

Independent complementary therapist, Birmingham, UK

Jo Kellett, TIDHA MIFPA CIMI

Holistic aromatherapist, Brighton, UK

Sandra A. Oram, MIFPA MIFA MBRA

Aromatherapist, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK

Carole Preen

Section Head, OCNLR Foundation Courses, Morley College, London, UK

Penny A. Price, Cert Ed MED MIFPA

Aromatherapist & Aromatologist; Principal, Penny Price Academy of Aromatherapy; Managing Director Penny Price Aromatherapy, Hinckley, UK

Denise Raines, RN

Aromatherapist & Aromatologist, The Algarve, Portugal

Robert Stephen, FRSPH FRSA FIAM

Aromatology lecturer and Doctor of theology, Hinckley, UK

Sue Whyte, RGN RM CertEd FE MIFPA

Former Macmillan lecturer practitioner; aromatherapy practitioner, Oncology Unit Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, UK

International Contributors

Australia

Ron Guba, Dip. Phytoaromatherapy

General manager, Essential Therapeutics, Victoria, Australia

Belgium

Anny van Branteghem

Aromatherapist, Belgium

Sylvie Lenoir

Alternative therapist, Ross-on-Wye, UK

Philippe Grard, Pharm

Pharmacist, Phytotherapist, Aromatherapist; Director Primrose Academy, Oostende, Belgium

Brazil

Vera L.G. ONeill

Aromatherapist, Brazil

Canada

Marlene M. Mitchell, CA CRM

Principal, International Certified Aromatherapy Institute, Canada

Tricia Eagle

Executive Director & Administrator, Canadian Federation of Aromatherapists, Canada

China

Shaohua Lu

AromaValley Trading, China

Croatia

Zrinka Jezdi, BSc Med Techn

Head teacher, AromaVita School for Aromatherapy, Zagreb, Croatia

Finland

Ulla-Maija Grace, LLSA IScB MIFA

Director and Principal Tutor, Aromatica Oy, Finnish College of Aromatherapy

France

Rhiannon Harris, FIFPA

Editor, International Journal of Aromatherapy; Director Essential Oil Resource Consultants

Kuniko M. Hadji-Minaglou, BA DipAc DipMoxa, DipShiatsu, Anma & Massage, CertPhyto & Aroma, CertCS, HMISIAM

Director of Zea Mas Consultancy, Montauroux, France

Christian Busser

Lecturer in Phyto-aromatherapy, University of Paris; Founder of Ecole Plantasant, Obernai, France

Germany

Anna Maria Hoch

Director of Nursing, Stiftsklinik Augustinum, Munich, Germany

Greece

Maria G. Zorzou

Importer & Distributor of Penny Price Aromatherapy Ltd, Kallithea, Greece

Iceland

Margrt Alice Birgisdttir, CPD Aromatherapy

Massage therapist, student of Institude of Integrative Nutrition, Iceland

Ireland

Christine Courtney, MIFPA, ITEC A&P, CertEd

Aromatherapy and reflexology tutor and practitioner, Lucan, Ireland

Japan

Chieko Shiota, MIFPA, MIFA

Aromatherapist, Fukuoka, Japan

Netherlands

Anneke Weigel-van der Maas

Aromatherapist, The Netherlands

Norway

Gry Fosstvedt, Cand Mag

Founder, Aromedica (Norwegian School of Aromatherapy), Norway

Pivi Renaa, MNNH, Postgrad Dip Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care

Registered Aromatherapist, Jevnaker, Norway

Portugal

Denise Raines, RN

Aromatherapist, The Algarve, Portugal

Switzerland

Eliane Zimmermann

Author and lecturer, AiDA Aromatherapy International, Ireland