Touch in the helping professions : research, practice and ethics

Item

Title

Touch in the helping professions : research, practice and ethics

Creator

Rovers, Martin
Malette, Judith
Guirguis-Younger, Manal

Date

2018

Publisher

University of Ottawa Press

Description

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.

Subject

Touch
Professional-Patient Relations -- ethics
Patient Care -- psychology

Language

English

isbn

9780776627557

Rights

uri

Item sets

Touch in the helping professions : research, practice and ethics