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Pain and other symptoms
Palliative care for cancer patients
Palliative care for non cancer
patients
Paediatric palliative care
Palliative care for the elderly
The actors of palliative care
Latest on drugs
Pain
Illness and suffering through
media
Marginalisation and social stigma
at the end of life
Palliative care advocacy projects
Prognosis and diagnosis
communication in
different cultures
Communication between doctor-
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Religions and cultures versus
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Public institution in the world:
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and law
Palliative care: from villages to metropolies
Space, light and gardens for the terminally ill patient
End-of-life ethics
Complementary therapies
Education, training and research
Fund-raising and no-profit
Bereavement support
Volunteering in palliative care
Rehabilitation in palliative care
Therapeutic Touch in the Rehabilitation of the Palliative Care Patient
Authors (max 6, presenting author included): Brunjes Cathy Fanslow
When I think of rehabilitation in the palliative care patient, I think of Quality of Life as they willnot be returned to the function they had prior to the disease.Therapeutic Touch is an excellent healing modality to assist and maintainQuality of Life and achieve wholeness no matter how the disease is progressing.Therapeutic Touch, a contemporoary interpretation of several ancient healing practices, is aconsciously directed process of energy exchange during which the practitioner uses the hands as afocus to facilitate healing. Healing comes from the ancient word Haelen which means to makeor become wholeTherapeutic Touch was developed in the early 1970s by Do;ores Krieger, Ph.D, RN Professor of
Nursing at new York University, and Dora Kunz, a noted healer and President of thTheosophical Society of America. It is Based on the belief that a human being is a complex
system of energies: disease/disorder may occur when there is congestion, depletion and /orimbalance of energy.Therapeutic Touch begins with compassion and each treatment is given with the conscious intentto help a person re-pattern energy to facilitate healing. It has a strong research base, with over 35years of research, which continues in major medical centers and universities. Therapeutic Touchmay be used alone or in conjunction with all traditional as well as contemporary healing andhelping modalities.Practitioners move their hands about 2 to 4 inches away from the body while a person is seated orlying down for a treatment. Therapeutic Touch is a process that is always individualized andusually does not exceed 30 minutes. It is believed that a persons own healing potential may beenhanced by this elegant and graceful process.Some of the indications for using Therapeutic Touch include but are not limited to: promotingrelaxation, relief of pain, decreasing anxiety, accelerating wound healing and promoting asense of well being All the above address the needs for comfort palliative care and are usefu
and help to create and maintain quality of life ie. rehabilitation in the palliative care patient..
Session: Rehabilitation in Palliative Care
Chair of the session: Claudio Pellegrini
Antea Worldwide Palliative Care ConferenceRome, 12-14 November 2008
Brunjes Cathy Fanslow
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