TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rovers,Martin W.
AU  - Malette,Judith
AU  - Guirguis-Younger,Manal
TI  - Touch in the helping professions: research, practice and ethics 
T2  - Health and Society
SN  - 9780776627564
AV  - RC489.T69 T684 2018
U1  - 615.8/22 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Ottawa
PB  - University of Ottawa Press
KW  - Touch
KW  - Therapeutic use
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Medical ethics
KW  - Nursing ethics
KW  - Physical therapists
KW  - Professional ethics
KW  - Culture
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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