I felt a deep heat and a wonderful peacefulness. I can't explain it, but I never did have to have my gallbladder removed. The National League for Nursing, mentioned in your story, remains committed to supporting those who explore alternatives to the traditional approaches of Western medicine, which, for all its science, continues to make profits by assaulting the mind, body and spirit of patients. There is indeed more in the struggles around teaching Therapeutic Touch to nurses than meets the eye, but it's not faith healing or misguided feminism. It's the fear of losing control on the part of those who have personal and professional investments in health care's status quo.
Alternative therapies are mainstream.
The credit for the most significant political coup of modern times should go to the incoming Speaker of the House. If you trace the rise of the mood of 1994 to its rallying point, you will find your Man of the Year, Rush Limbaugh. He obviously has no 'bite' for movie critique. It was about a vampire with humanity and the search for identity. You may have made some vampires pretty angry.