title: Self-care activating support: therapeutic touch and chronic skin disease.
abstract: As the body's largest organ, the skin functions as the most important human communication organ, possessing communicative aspects of caring and healing of self and others. The program "Self-Care Activating Support" for psoriasis and other chronic skin disease is presented as an instrument for promoting health by dermatology nurses.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schulte
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003142:Communication; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D014110:Touch