Aromatherapy and Hand Massage: Therapeutic Recreation Interventions for Pain Management

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Robin Kunstler, Re.D., CTRS, Fred Greenblatt, M.S., MPA, CTRS, and Nereida Moreno, CTRS

Robin Kunstler is Professor and Recreation Education Program Director, Department of Health Services at Lehman College of the City University of New York. Fred Greenblatt is Director of Therapeutic Recreation and Nereida Moreno is a Therapeutic Recreation Specialist at the Jewish Home and Hospital in the Bronx, NY.

This project was funded by the National Therapeutic Recreation Society Research Support funds and the Lehman College Shuster Fellowship Award Committee. The authors gratefully acknowledge their support, without which this project would not have been possible.