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Descriptor English: Therapeutic Touch
Descriptor Spanish: Tacto Terapéutico
Descriptor tacto terapéutico
Entry term(s) Reiki
imposición de manos
Scope note: Colocación de las manos del individuo que cura sobre la persona que va a ser curada con la intención de conseguir la curación por energía espiritual.
Descriptor Portuguese: Toque Terapêutico
Descriptor French: Toucher thérapeutique
Entry term(s): Laying-on-of-Hands
Reiki
Touch, Therapeutic
Tree number(s): E02.190.525.906
E02.190.901.830
MT3.685.766
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019124
Scope note: Placing of the hands of the healer upon the person to be cured with the intent of spiritual energetic healing.
Annotation: coord IM with disease /ther (IM); do not confuse with MASSAGE or other MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Alternative Medicine (1985-1995)
Holistic Health (1983-1992)
Touch (1975-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Entry Version: THER TOUCH
DeCS ID: 32591
Unique ID: D019124
NLM Classification: WB 890
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/08
Revision Date: 2013/07/09
Therapeutic Touch - Preferred
Concept UI M0028532
Scope note Placing of the hands of the healer upon the person to be cured with the intent of spiritual energetic healing.
Preferred term Therapeutic Touch
Entry term(s) Touch, Therapeutic
Reiki - Narrower
Concept UI M0333008
Preferred term Reiki
Laying-on-of-Hands - Narrower
Concept UI M0380691
Preferred term Laying-on-of-Hands



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