Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 239-245 , August 2006

A transition from nurse to touch therapist—A study of preparation before giving tactile touch in an intensive care unit

  • Maria Henricson

      Affiliations

    • University College of Borås, School of Health Science, Allegatan, SE-501 90 Borås, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 33 435 59 95; fax: +46 33 435 44 46.
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  • Anna-Lena Berglund

      Affiliations

    • Karlstad University, Division for Health and Caring Sciences, SE-651 88 Karlstad, Sweden
    • ,
  • Sylvia Määttä

      Affiliations

    • University College of Borås, School of Health Science, Allegatan, SE-501 90 Borås, Sweden
    • ,
  • Kerstin Segesten

      Affiliations

    • University College of Borås, School of Health Science, Allegatan, SE-501 90 Borås, Sweden

,Accepted 18 January 2006.

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PII: S0964-3397(06)00017-6

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2006.01.002

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 239-245 , August 2006

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