Effect of therapeutic touch on anxiety level of hospitalized patients

Nursing Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1981, Pages 32-37

  Heidt, Patricia ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TOUCH;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOUCH;

EID: 0019516410     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: 15389847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-198101000-00014     Document Type: Article

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