Twenty years of therapeutic touch in a Canadian cancer agency: lessons learned from a case study of integrative oncology practice

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[2] Harkness E(1986)Therapeutic touch improves residents’ sleep J Am Health Care Assoc 12 48-49

[3] Ernst E(1999)Physiologic and psychodynamic responses to the administration of therapeutic touch in critical care Complement Ther Nurs Midwifery 5 87-92

[4] Braun C(2004)Touch the pain away: new research on therapeutic touch and persons with fibromyalgia syndrome Holist Nurs Pract 18 142-150

[5] Layton J(1999)Is the scientific publishing of complementary and alternative medicine objective J Altern Complement Med 5 587-597

[6] Braun J(2005)Therapeutic touch: its application for residents in aged care Aust Nurs J 12 23-26

[7] Cox C(1981)Effect of therapeutic touch on the anxiety level of hospitalized patients Nurs Res 30 33-37

[8] Hayes J(1998)A longitudinal study of psychological distress in women with breast symptoms J Health Psychol 3 215-226

[9] Denison B(1999)Therapeutic Touch—what is the controversy and why does controversy exist Nurse Pract Forum 10 43-46

[10] Eskinazi D(1986)Effects of therapeutic touch on tension headache pain Nurs Res 35 101-106

[1] Astin JA(2000)The efficiency of “Distant Healing”: s systemic review of randomized trials Ann Intern Med 132 903-910

[2] Harkness E(1986)Therapeutic touch improves residents’ sleep J Am Health Care Assoc 12 48-49

[3] Ernst E(1999)Physiologic and psychodynamic responses to the administration of therapeutic touch in critical care Complement Ther Nurs Midwifery 5 87-92

[4] Braun C(2004)Touch the pain away: new research on therapeutic touch and persons with fibromyalgia syndrome Holist Nurs Pract 18 142-150

[5] Layton J(1999)Is the scientific publishing of complementary and alternative medicine objective J Altern Complement Med 5 587-597

[6] Braun J(2005)Therapeutic touch: its application for residents in aged care Aust Nurs J 12 23-26

[7] Cox C(1981)Effect of therapeutic touch on the anxiety level of hospitalized patients Nurs Res 30 33-37

[8] Hayes J(1998)A longitudinal study of psychological distress in women with breast symptoms J Health Psychol 3 215-226

[9] Denison B(1999)Therapeutic Touch—what is the controversy and why does controversy exist Nurse Pract Forum 10 43-46

[10] Eskinazi D(1986)Effects of therapeutic touch on tension headache pain Nurs Res 35 101-106