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January 2004, Vol 94, No. 1 | American Journal of Public Health 50-52
© 2004 American Public Health Association

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Evaluation of Healing by Gentle Touch for the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Disorders

Clare Weze, MSc, Helen L. Leathard, PhD and Gretchen Stevens, BA

Clare Weze and Helen L. Leathard are with St Martin’s College, Lancaster, UK. Gretchen Stevens is with The Centre for Complementary Care, Cumbria, UK.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Clare Weze, MSc, Faculty of Health and Social Care, St Martin’s College, Lancaster, LA1 3JD United Kingdom (e-mail: clare.weze@ic24.net).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.


   INTRODUCTION
 
The Centre for Complementary Care, Eskdale, Cumbria, United Kingdom, has a reputation for improving the health and quality of life of its patients1,2 through healing by gentle touch3 and receives many referrals from health professionals in an area of rural and urban social deprivation, poor health, high unemployment, and poverty. Healing is used alone or in addition to medical or other treatment modalities.

In 1996, a North Cumbria Health Authority study of 110 patients with various ailments4 showed that healing at The Centre for Complementary Care was associated with improved physical and psychological functioning. Data collection continued, and records from . . . [Full Text]


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