title: Each moment of touch.
abstract: Transitioning hospitals from cold, detached, clinical institutions to centers of warmth, light, and healing begins with small purposeful steps. Embracing concepts and methods designed to reconnect the care provider with the patient on a humanitarian level is an excellent start. Reiki (pronounced Ray-Kee), a type of touch therapy, is an excellent method to purposefully reestablish caring as a critical factor in a medical system overwhelmed with machines and technology. Reiki is easy to learn and can be performed by any health care practitioner in any health care setting. It is an excellent method of expressing a caring concern for patients by encompassing presence, listening techniques, and touch.
authors.affiliation: Somerset Hospital, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brill
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kashurba
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital; D010146:Pain / Q000451:nursing; D059408:Pain Management; D016730:Program Development; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D019124:Therapeutic Touch / Q000451:nursing