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Holistic Nursing : a handbook for practice / Barbara Montgomery Dossey ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Gaithersburg, Md. : Aspen Publishers, c1995.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxix, 721 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0834205742
  • 9780834205741
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Holistic nursing.; Online version:: Holistic nursing.DDC classification:
  • 22 610.73 HOL
LOC classification:
  • RT42 .H65 1995
Contents:
Unit I. Foundations for Healing and Holism. Vision of Healing - Exploration of Life's Meaning. Ch. 1. Holistic Nursing Practice / Barbara Montgomery Dossey and Cathie E. Guzzetta. Vision of Healing - The Transpersonal Self. Ch. 2. Dynamics of Healing and the Transpersonal Self / Barbara Montgomery Dossey. Vision of Healing - Toward the Inward Journey. Ch. 3. Nurse As Healer / Barbara Montgomery Dossey -- Unit II. Theory and Practice of Holistic Nursing. Vision of Healing - The Evolving Dance of Life. Ch. 4. The Psychophysiology of Bodymind Healing / Barbara Montgomery Dossey. Vision of Healing - Reawakening of the Spirit in Daily Life. Ch. 5. Exploring the Process of Change / Barbara Montgomery Dossey and Cathie E. Guzzetta. Vision of Healing - Ethics in Our Changing World. Ch. 6. Holistic Ethics / Lynn Keegan. Vision of Healing - Human Care. Ch. 7. Holistic Approach to the Nursing Process / Cathie E. Guzzetta. Vision of Healing - Questioning the Rules of Science.
Summary: Therapeutic touch. Massage. Relaxation. Guided imagery. Music. Today a growing number of nurses are using the best of the ancient healing arts to complement traditional medical techniques - with exciting results! You, too, can bring these powerful yet safe techniques into your work with patients with the new edition of the classic Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice. This dynamic new guide shows you how to develop your innate capacities as a healer...and employ a full range of holistic modalities for healing the whole patient. Today, the demand for alternative therapies is great. With the help of this inspiring handbook, you can bridge the gap between these therapies and traditional medicine - with an approach that integrates caring and healing into nursing practice. This timely guidance will help nurses assume a leading role in shaping the future of health care...and return nursing to its roots as a true healing profession.

"Endorsed by the American Holistic Nurses' Association."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit I. Foundations for Healing and Holism. Vision of Healing - Exploration of Life's Meaning. Ch. 1. Holistic Nursing Practice / Barbara Montgomery Dossey and Cathie E. Guzzetta. Vision of Healing - The Transpersonal Self. Ch. 2. Dynamics of Healing and the Transpersonal Self / Barbara Montgomery Dossey. Vision of Healing - Toward the Inward Journey. Ch. 3. Nurse As Healer / Barbara Montgomery Dossey -- Unit II. Theory and Practice of Holistic Nursing. Vision of Healing - The Evolving Dance of Life. Ch. 4. The Psychophysiology of Bodymind Healing / Barbara Montgomery Dossey. Vision of Healing - Reawakening of the Spirit in Daily Life. Ch. 5. Exploring the Process of Change / Barbara Montgomery Dossey and Cathie E. Guzzetta. Vision of Healing - Ethics in Our Changing World. Ch. 6. Holistic Ethics / Lynn Keegan. Vision of Healing - Human Care. Ch. 7. Holistic Approach to the Nursing Process / Cathie E. Guzzetta. Vision of Healing - Questioning the Rules of Science.

Therapeutic touch. Massage. Relaxation. Guided imagery. Music. Today a growing number of nurses are using the best of the ancient healing arts to complement traditional medical techniques - with exciting results! You, too, can bring these powerful yet safe techniques into your work with patients with the new edition of the classic Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice. This dynamic new guide shows you how to develop your innate capacities as a healer...and employ a full range of holistic modalities for healing the whole patient. Today, the demand for alternative therapies is great. With the help of this inspiring handbook, you can bridge the gap between these therapies and traditional medicine - with an approach that integrates caring and healing into nursing practice. This timely guidance will help nurses assume a leading role in shaping the future of health care...and return nursing to its roots as a true healing profession.

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