Acupressure and Therapeutic Touch in Childhood Cancer to Promote Subjective and Intersubjective Experiences of Well-being During Curative Treatment

Purpose Acupressure and therapeutic touch may be beneficial for symptom management and increasing general well-being for children undergoing cancer treatment. Acupressure has the benefit of stimulating targeted acupuncture points while providing therapeutic touch. We sought to explore the relationsh...

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Main Authors: Hiroe Hu BS, Deborah Shear BA, Radhika Thakkar MPH, Ariana Thompson-Lastad PhD, Howard Pinderhughes PhD, Frederick M Hecht MD, E Anne Lown DrPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-09-01
Series:Global Advances in Health and Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2164956119880143