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Caring touch: patients' experiences in an anthroposophic clinical context
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Health and Caring Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1840-9384
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Health and Caring Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8115-5359
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Health and Caring Sciences.
2015 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, ISSN 0283-9318, E-ISSN 1471-6712, Vol. 29, no 4, p. 834-842Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study describes the phenomenon of caring touch from the patients' perspective in an anthroposophic clinical context where caring touch is often used to promote health and alleviate suffering. The aim of the study was to explore and phenomenologically describe the phenomenon of caring touch from the patients' perspectives. The study has been carried out with a Reflective Lifeworld Research approach in order to understand and describe human existential phenomena. Ten female patients were interviewed in an anthroposophic clinic in Sweden. The findings show how caring touch has multifaceted meanings and makes the patients' feel present and anchored in a meaningful context. The patients' feel that they are seen, accepted and confirmed. Furthermore, touch creates a caring space where the patients become receptive for care and has the power to alleviate the patients' suffering, as well as to frighten and cause or worsen the suffering. In order to take advantage of the caring potential, the patient needs to be invited to a respectful and sensitive form of touch. An interpersonal flexible space is necessary where the touch can be effective, and where a dynamic interplay can develop. In conclusion, caring touch is an opportunity for carers to support well-being and health. The carers need to approach their patients in both a sensitive and reflective way. A caring science perspective can serve as a help to further understand touch as a unique caring act.

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John Wiley & Sons, 2015. Vol. 29, no 4, p. 834-842
Keywords [en]
anthroposophy, caring science, caring touch, lifeworld, patient perspective, phenomenology.
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Nursing
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Health and Caring Sciences, Caring Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-45757DOI: 10.1111/scs.12242ISI: 000368345900025PubMedID: 26178972Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84958983935OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-45757DiVA, id: diva2:847033
Available from: 2015-08-19 Created: 2015-08-19 Last updated: 2019-02-22Bibliographically approved

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Ozolins, Lise-LotteHörberg, UlricaDahlberg, Karin

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