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Touch in the helping professions : research, practice, and ethics /

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"Touch may well be one of the least understood or talked about subjects in the helping professions. A discussion on the importance and ethics of positive, caring, and appropriate touch in professions such as teaching, nursing and counselling is long overdue."--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Malette, Judith, 1963- (Editor), Guirguis-Younger, Manal, 1967- (Editor), Rovers, Martin, 1949- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ottawa, Ontario : University of Ottawa Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Touch > Therapeutic use.
Therapeutic Touch
Toucher > Emploi en thérapeutique.
PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology.
Touch > Therapeutic use
Aristotle.
Attachment theory.
Behavioural sciences.
Cognition.
Cognitive science.
Culture.
David hume.
Human activities.
Idea.
Meditations on first philosophy.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:"Touch may well be one of the least understood or talked about subjects in the helping professions. A discussion on the importance and ethics of positive, caring, and appropriate touch in professions such as teaching, nursing and counselling is long overdue."--
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780776627564
0776627562