Pandimensional Field Pattern Changes in Healers and Healees: Experiencing Therapeutic Touch

Journal of Holistic Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 217-225

  Smith, Dorothy Woods ^a   Broida, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

power; Rogers; spirituality; Therapeutic Touch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSE RATE; RELIGION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); BLOOD PRESSURE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; MAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PULSE; SPIRITUALITY; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38749113938     PISSN: 08980101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898010106297571     Document Type: Article

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