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“In sum, psychiatry struggles to clarify its status within the mainstream of medicine, if indeed it belongs in medicine at all.”1 ~ George Engel

oes that quote sound familiar? We are, indeed, not alone in struggling to clarify massage’s relationship to health and healthcare. We have companions on the journey, some of whom have faced the very challenges we are encountering, and who want to help and to see us succeed. We’ll explore one way to face these challenges in the work described in this article.

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