title: Therapeutic touch in an acute care community hospital.
abstract: Therapeutic touch now has a 25-year history of practice and research. Based on the idea that within all living things there is a drive toward growth, order and wholeness--and that healing is a natural part of this process--therapeutic touch has been shown to induce relaxation, decrease anxiety and speed healing. It also enables caregivers to embrace their compassion and to touch people with effect.
authors.affiliation: Toronto East General Hospital, Ontario.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dalglish
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D009864:Ontario; D019124:Therapeutic Touch / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology