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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780776627564 9780776627571 
<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/>Professional-Patient Relations--ethics<br/>Touch<br/>Culture<br/>Interpersonal Relations<br/>Patient Care--psychology
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC489  / .T683 2017