Therapeutic touch and childbirth : a multiple case study of the experiences of five women

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dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Camille Valerieen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-15T17:39:58Z
dc.date.available2024-08-15T17:39:58Z
dc.date.copyright2000en_US
dc.date.issued2000
dc.degree.departmentFaculty of Human and Social Developmenten_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Nursing M.N.en
dc.description.abstractThis qualitative, descriptive study examines the experience of women receiving, during childbirth, the nursing intervention of Therapeutic Touch (TT). The researcher examined the experiences of five women who received TT during childbirth through subsequent interviews regarding the intervention. Analysis of interview data into themes reveals that TT increases sensory awareness of women during childbirth and, by doing so, helps them to reconnect to their inner resources, providing a source for change and transformation. These three themes are discussed and the theoretical framework of Martha Rogers is presented as a way to conceptualize the practice of TT and to understand these results. Also described are implications for the practice of nurses and other care providers who attend to women in childbirth and who may want to incorporate TT into their practices. Suggestions for future research are proposed.
dc.format.extent135 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/19468
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.titleTherapeutic touch and childbirth : a multiple case study of the experiences of five womenen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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