title: Ethereal embodiment of cancer patients.
abstract: Ethereal embodiment is the attending and focusing on the body through discourses such as meditation, visualisation and massage, and the experiencing a new sense of the embodied being as balanced, connected, centred and of being made whole. This paper continues a previous article titled 'Massaged embodiment of cancer patients'. Data from my doctoral studies are analysed utilising crucial concepts of poststructuralism such as subjectivity, discourse, power and history to examine ethereal embodiment. This paper will address the advantages of visualisation and discusses the link between spirituality, embodiment, and memory.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, La Trobe University.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van der Riet
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D019018:Imagery, Psychotherapy; D008405:Massage / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010358:Patient Participation