Positive touch, the implications for parents and their children with autism: An exploratory study

Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 182-189

  Cullen, Lesley A ^a   Barlow, Julie H ^a   Cushway, Delia ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Children; Positive touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDER; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDERS; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21744452008     PISSN: 17443881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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