The book aims:

To enable osteopaths - and other manual practitioners/bodyworkers - to understand the importance of fascia and its relevance to their work.....
By providing a comprehensive textbook covering history, nature and properties [function] of fascia...
And covering all aspects of osteopathic management of disorders that relate to/are mediated by the fascia.....
Using contributions from leading authorities bearing in mind so far as possible the needs and interests of osteopaths.