| Description |
1 online resource (254 pages) |
| Series |
Health and Society |
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Health and society.
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| Contents |
Introduction : Exploring touch / Thomas St. James O'Connor -- Part I. The theory of touch -- Touch deprivation and counselling as healing touch / Isaac Davis, Martin Rovers and Cassandra Petrella -- Thinking about touch / Richard Feist -- Contributions of sensory anthropology and Durand's anthropology to the symbolic study of touch and the understanding of boundaries in psychotherapy / Christian R. Bellehumeur and Jane Chambers -- Healing and the forbidden touch : a reflection on selected scripture stories / Karlijn Demasure -- Part II. The practice of touch in psychotherapy -- The intervention of touch in psychotherapy and trauma treatment / Patricia Berendsen -- A puppy's touch : destressing with dogs in a university environment / Kristine Lund -- Inter-partner touch in couple counselling : theory and emerging practice / Cassandra Petrella and Martin Rovers -- Part III. The practice of touch in a spectrum of practice -- The practice of laying on of hands in Islamic spiritual care / Nazila Isgandarova -- An angel in my pocket : touch, sacred objects, and spiritual coping / Linda Mayorga Miller -- Touch(ed) in palliative care nursing : moving with/in an uncertain practice / Lacie White and Christine McPherson -- Touch in supervision / Cynthia Bilodeau -- Part IV. The ethics of touch in the helping relationships and conclusion -- The ethics of touch in the helping relationships / Marilyn Guindon, Reesa Packard and Natalie Charron -- Conclusion : Issues of touch : an overall view and integration / Martin Rovers, Judith Malette and Manal Guirguis-Younger |
| Summary |
Inappropriate touch cases have sparked public outcry and made headlines, but a discussion on the importance and ethics of positive, caring, appropriate touch in the helping professions such as teaching, nursing and counselling is long overdue |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 11, 2018) |
| Subject |
Touch -- Therapeutic use.
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Touch -- Psychological aspects
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Touch -- Religious aspects.
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Medical ethics.
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Nursing ethics.
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Physical therapists -- Professional ethics
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Touch.
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Culture.
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Professional-Patient Relations -- ethics
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Touch
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Culture
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Interpersonal Relations
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Patient Care -- psychology
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Therapeutic Touch
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Ethics, Medical
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Ethics, Nursing
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touch.
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culture note.
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culture (concept)
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Research & Methodology.
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Touch
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Culture
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Touch -- Religious aspects
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Touch -- Psychological aspects
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Physical therapists -- Professional ethics
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Nursing ethics
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Medical ethics
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Touch -- Therapeutic use
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rovers, Martin W.
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Malette, Judith, 1963-
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Guirguis-Younger, Manal, 1967-
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| ISBN |
9780776627564 |
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0776627562 |
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9780776627571 |
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0776627570 |
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