title: Being washed by someone is therapeutic... and a treat.
abstract: When in Istanbul, I visited a hamam, a traditional Turkish bath. I'm familiar with other bathing rituals--steam room, sauna, Jacuzzi--but suspected being washed by someone in front of others was not very British.
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Winterflood
mesh_terms: D001494:Baths / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D029002:Steam Bath / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D006113:United Kingdom