Touch in the helping professions : research, practice and ethics /
Touch in the helping professions : research, practice and ethics /
edited by Martin Rovers, Judith Malette and Manal Guirguis-Younger.
- Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource (254 pages)
- Health and Society .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : Exploring touch / Part I. The theory of touch -- Touch deprivation and counselling as healing touch / Thinking about touch / Contributions of sensory anthropology and Durand's anthropology to the symbolic study of touch and the understanding of boundaries in psychotherapy / Healing and the forbidden touch : a reflection on selected scripture stories / Part II. The practice of touch in psychotherapy -- The intervention of touch in psychotherapy and trauma treatment / A puppy's touch : destressing with dogs in a university environment / Inter-partner touch in couple counselling : theory and emerging practice / Part III. The practice of touch in a spectrum of practice -- The practice of laying on of hands in Islamic spiritual care / An angel in my pocket : touch, sacred objects, and spiritual coping / Touch(ed) in palliative care nursing : moving with/in an uncertain practice / Touch in supervision / Part IV. The ethics of touch in the helping relationships and conclusion -- The ethics of touch in the helping relationships / Conclusion : Issues of touch : an overall view and integration / Thomas St. James O'Connor -- Isaac Davis, Martin Rovers and Cassandra Petrella -- Richard Feist -- Christian R. Bellehumeur and Jane Chambers -- Karlijn Demasure -- Patricia Berendsen -- Kristine Lund -- Cassandra Petrella and Martin Rovers -- Nazila Isgandarova -- Linda Mayorga Miller -- Lacie White and Christine McPherson -- Cynthia Bilodeau -- Marilyn Guindon, Reesa Packard and Natalie Charron -- Martin Rovers, Judith Malette and Manal Guirguis-Younger.
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.
9780776627564 9780776627571
(AMICUS)000045286614
Touch--Therapeutic use.
Touch--Psychological aspects.
Touch--Religious aspects.
Medical ethics.
Nursing ethics.
Physical therapists--Professional ethics.
Touch.
Culture.
Professional-Patient Relations--ethics
Touch
Culture
Interpersonal Relations
Patient Care--psychology
Electronic Books.
RC489 / .T683 2017
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : Exploring touch / Part I. The theory of touch -- Touch deprivation and counselling as healing touch / Thinking about touch / Contributions of sensory anthropology and Durand's anthropology to the symbolic study of touch and the understanding of boundaries in psychotherapy / Healing and the forbidden touch : a reflection on selected scripture stories / Part II. The practice of touch in psychotherapy -- The intervention of touch in psychotherapy and trauma treatment / A puppy's touch : destressing with dogs in a university environment / Inter-partner touch in couple counselling : theory and emerging practice / Part III. The practice of touch in a spectrum of practice -- The practice of laying on of hands in Islamic spiritual care / An angel in my pocket : touch, sacred objects, and spiritual coping / Touch(ed) in palliative care nursing : moving with/in an uncertain practice / Touch in supervision / Part IV. The ethics of touch in the helping relationships and conclusion -- The ethics of touch in the helping relationships / Conclusion : Issues of touch : an overall view and integration / Thomas St. James O'Connor -- Isaac Davis, Martin Rovers and Cassandra Petrella -- Richard Feist -- Christian R. Bellehumeur and Jane Chambers -- Karlijn Demasure -- Patricia Berendsen -- Kristine Lund -- Cassandra Petrella and Martin Rovers -- Nazila Isgandarova -- Linda Mayorga Miller -- Lacie White and Christine McPherson -- Cynthia Bilodeau -- Marilyn Guindon, Reesa Packard and Natalie Charron -- Martin Rovers, Judith Malette and Manal Guirguis-Younger.
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.
9780776627564 9780776627571
(AMICUS)000045286614
Touch--Therapeutic use.
Touch--Psychological aspects.
Touch--Religious aspects.
Medical ethics.
Nursing ethics.
Physical therapists--Professional ethics.
Touch.
Culture.
Professional-Patient Relations--ethics
Touch
Culture
Interpersonal Relations
Patient Care--psychology
Electronic Books.
RC489 / .T683 2017