| Description |
1 online resource (254 pages). |
| Series |
Health and Society |
|
Health and society.
|
| Contents |
Introduction : Exploring touch / Thomas St. James O'Connor - Part I. The theory of touch - Touch deprivation and counselling as healing touch / Isaac Davis, Martin Rovers and Cassandra Petrella - Thinking about touch / Richard Feist - Contributions of sensory anthropology and Durand's anthropology to the symbolic study of touch and the understanding of boundaries in psychotherapy / Christian R. Bellehumeur and Jane Chambers - Healing and the forbidden touch : a reflection on selected scripture stories / Karlijn Demasure - Part II. The practice of touch in psychotherapy - The intervention of touch in psychotherapy and trauma treatment / Patricia Berendsen - A puppy's touch : destressing with dogs in a university environment / Kristine Lund - Inter-partner touch in couple counselling : theory and emerging practice / Cassandra Petrella and Martin Rovers - Part III. The practice of touch in a spectrum of practice - The practice of laying on of hands in Islamic spiritual care / Nazila Isgandarova - An angel in my pocket : touch, sacred objects, and spiritual coping / Linda Mayorga Miller - Touch(ed) in palliative care nursing : moving with/in an uncertain practice / Lacie White and Christine McPherson - Touch in supervision / Cynthia Bilodeau - Part IV. The ethics of touch in the helping relationships and conclusion - The ethics of touch in the helping relationships / Marilyn Guindon, Reesa Packard and Natalie Charron - Conclusion : Issues of touch : an overall view and integration / Martin Rovers, Judith Malette and Manal Guirguis-Younger. |
| Summary |
Inappropriate touch cases have sparked public outcry and made headlines, but a discussion on the importance and ethics of positive, caring, appropriate touch in the helping professions such as teaching, nursing and counselling is long overdue. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 11, 2018). |
| Subject |
Touch -- Therapeutic use.
|
|
Touch -- Psychological aspects.
|
|
Touch -- Religious aspects.
|
|
Medical ethics.
|
|
Nursing ethics.
|
|
Physical therapists -- Professional ethics.
|
|
Touch -- Therapeutic use.
(OCoLC)fst01153099
|
|
PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology.
|
| Added Author |
Rovers, Martin W.
|
|
Malette, Judith, 1963-
|
|
Guirguis-Younger, Manal, 1967-
|
| ISBN |
9780776627564 (electronic bk.) |
|
0776627562 (electronic bk.) |
|
9780776627571 |
|
0776627570 |
|
9780776627588 (Kindle) |
|
0776627589 (Kindle) |
|
0776627554 (softcover) |
|
9780776627557 (softcover) |
|
