title: Meaning of Ki related to touch in caring.
abstract: In an attempt to identify the concept of Ki related to touch within the context of caring, and further, to provide specific information that may lead to culturally sensitive nursing intervention for the population who relate the concept of Ki to touch in a caring situation, a qualitative analysis was planned and carried out. Data was collected using interactive interviews with 19 health care professionals, 4 alternative therapists, 10 inpatients, and 13 healthy adults, and analyzed by the latent content analysis. Ki, the interactive energy flow, and touch, the activator of Ki flow, were postulated from six categories of perceived meanings of Ki related to touch.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D019413:Qi; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D019124:Therapeutic Touch / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*