Touch in the helping professions : research, practice and ethics

• Other Authors: Rovers, Martin W., Malette, Judith, 1963-, Guirguis-Younger, Manal, 1967-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 2017.
• Series: Health and society.
• Subjects: Touch > Therapeutic use.; Touch > Psychological aspects.; Touch > Religious aspects.; Medical ethics.; Nursing ethics.; Physical therapists > Professional ethics.; Touch.; Culture.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780776627571; 9780776627564; 9780776627588; 9780776627557
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (254 stran)

Inappropriate touch cases have sparked public outcry and made headlines, but a discussion on the importance and ethics of positive, caring, appropriate touch in the helping professions such as teaching, nursing and counselling is long overdue.