Healing touch for older adults with persistent pain

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 194-202

  Wardell, Diane Wind ^a,b   Decker, Sheila A ^a   Engebretson, Joan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Healing touch; Nergy healing; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH;

EID: 84864564953     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HNP.0b013e318258528d     Document Type: Review

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