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 .T683 2017 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 KW - Professional-Patient Relations KW - ethics KW - Interpersonal Relations KW - Patient Care KW - psychology KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1792824&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -