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The Internal Process Of Therapeutic Touch As Nursing Action, Denise Coppa
The Internal Process Of Therapeutic Touch As Nursing Action, Denise Coppa
Denise Ann Coppa
Therapeutic Touch (TT) is a complementary healing modality utilized by health care providers to reduce anxiety, accelerate relaxation, decrease pain, and boost the immune systems of clients. Although there is a standard in the literature as described by Krieger (1979), very little has been written about whether the core process of TT conforms to the standard and whether there are differences between the process as practiced in adults compared to children. ^ The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe the core process of TT in adults and children as practiced and perceived by five professional nurses who had …