Therapeutic touch - What is the controversy and why does controversy exist?

Nurse Practitioner Forum: Current Topics and Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 43-46

  Huebscher, Roxana ^a,b  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOLISTIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033145318     PISSN: 10455485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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