Touch in the helping professions :  research, practice and ethics / 
edited by Martin Rovers, Judith Malette and Manal Guirguis-Younger. 
 - 1 online resource (254 pages) 
 - Health and Society .
 - Health and society. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780776627564 0776627562 9780776627571 0776627570 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>22573/ctv5vd425  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>(AMICUS)000045286614 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Touch--Therapeutic use.<br/>Touch--Psychological aspects.<br/>Touch--Religious aspects.<br/>Medical ethics.<br/>Nursing ethics.<br/>Physical therapists--Professional ethics.<br/>Touch.<br/>Culture.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC489.T69  / T684 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>615.8/22 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2018 F-095 W 62