loading...| Preferred Name |
Therapeutic Touch |
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| Synonyms |
Healing Touch therapeutic touch healing touch Therapeutic Touch |
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| Definitions |
An energy (biofield) therapy that encompasses a group of non-invasive techniques that utilize the hands to clear, energize, and balance the human and environmental energy fields. Healing Touch interventions may be used to restore, energize, and balance an energy field disturbance. (HTA) |
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| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C15373 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
A form of complementary and alternative medicine based on the belief that vital energy flows through the human body. This energy is said to be balanced or made stronger by practitioners who pass their hands over, or gently touch, a patient's body. Healing touch is being studied in patients receiving cancer therapy, to find out if it can improve quality of life, boost the immune system, or reduce side effects. Healing touch is a type of energy therapy. |
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C15373 |
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CTRP |
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| DEFINITION |
An energy (biofield) therapy that encompasses a group of non-invasive techniques that utilize the hands to clear, energize, and balance the human and environmental energy fields. Healing Touch interventions may be used to restore, energize, and balance an energy field disturbance. (HTA) |
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| Display_Name |
Therapeutic Touch |
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| FULL_SYN |
Healing Touch therapeutic touch healing touch Therapeutic Touch |
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| label |
Therapeutic Touch |
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| Legacy Concept Name |
Therapeutic_Touch |
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| Preferred_Name |
Therapeutic Touch |
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| prefixIRI |
Thesaurus:C15373 |
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| Semantic_Type |
Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure |
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0152054 |
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