Comfort touch
Subtitle: massage for the elderly and the ill
By: Mary Kathleen Rose.
Publisher: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780781798297
Subjects: Massage therapy; Touch -- Therapeutic use; Older people -- Care; Palliative treatment; Terminal care; Massage; Empathy; Touch
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to comfort touch; title: Understanding health, illness, loss, and grief; title: Approaching the client; title: The principles of comfort touch : SCRIBE; title: Techniques of comfort touch; title: Special considerations in the use of comfort touch; title: Communication and documentation in the healthcare system; title: Self-care for the caregiver; title: Developing a comfort touch program : administrative guidelines.