title: [The body and touch in nursing care].
abstract: The body is intimate, social and cultural. The care relationship is constructed through the body. The skin, a symbolic cover, exposes and protects. The touch between the patient and the caregiver expresses the story of a relationship between two bodies.
authors.affiliation: Université de Strasbourg. dav.le.breton@orange.fr
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Le Breton
mesh_terms: D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D012961:Sociology; D019124:Therapeutic Touch / Q000451:nursing*