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The gentle touch
Author(s) -
VAUGHAN SIÂN
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2702.1995.tb00037.x
Subject(s) - misnomer , therapeutic touch , energy (signal processing) , perception , psychology , field (mathematics) , medicine , alternative medicine , physics , neuroscience , mathematics , pathology , pure mathematics , philosophy , theology , quantum mechanics
Summary• This research study, which, because of its small numbers should be regarded as more of a pilot study, investigated the effect that therapeutic touch may have on measurable physical signs of the subjects involved. • It also looked at any change this complementary therapy may have made in health perception immediately following the experiment and 1 week later. • The design is modelled on that of Quinn (1984), eminent researcher in the field of energy exchange. • Therapeutic touch is a misnomer because physical touch is not necessary — it is the energy field that is touched.