Self-care activating support: therapeutic touch and chronic skin disease.
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.
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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