therapeutic touch

Preferred Label : therapeutic touch;

MeSH definition : Placing of the hands of the healer upon the person to be cured with the intent of spiritual energetic healing.;

MeSH synonym : touch, therapeutic;

MeSH hyponym : reiki; Laying-on-of-Hands;

MeSH annotation : coord IM with disease /ther (IM); do not confuse with MASSAGE or other MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic touch;

Details

Origin ID

D019124;

UMLS CUI

C0152054;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Reiki (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Reiki Therapy [NCIt concept]
- Tatar Chinese [NCIt concept]
- Tetanus Toxoid Vaccine [NCIt concept]
- Thrombin Time [NCIt concept]
- Trial Stages Domain [NCIt concept]
- Trinidad and Tobago [NCIt concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Therapeutic Touch [DeCS]
- Therapeutic Touch [NCIt concept]
- Therapeutic touch (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
Ne pas confondre avec
- massage [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- Laying-on-of-Hands [MeSH concept]
- reiki [MeSH concept]
- therapeutic touch [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- touch [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Reiki Therapy [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Therapeutic Touch [NCIt concept]
- Therapeutic touch (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Touch (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]

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