"Therapeutic Touch" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Placing of the hands of the healer upon the person to be cured with the intent of spiritual energetic healing.
| Descriptor ID |
D019124
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.190.525.906 E02.190.901.830
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Therapeutic Touch" by people in Profiles.
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Healing Touch: a low-tech intervention in high-tech settings. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2007 Jan-Feb; 26(1):9-14.
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Being healed by an indigenous traditional healer: sacred healing stories of Native Americans. Part II. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2005 May; 11(2):78-86.