Healing Touch: A Resource for Health Care Professionals: Nurse as Healer Series [Paperback]

Dorothea Hover-Kramer (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0827362757 | ISBN-13: 978-0827362758 | Publication Date: April 4, 1995 | Edition: 1

This comprehensive book that serves as a reference to students. It presents the concepts, techniques, and applications of holistic nursing.

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About the Author

Dorthea Hover-Kramer ,Ed. D., RN, is a nurse and Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice in California. She is also a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner and Instructor.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 1 edition (April 4, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0827362757
• ISBN-13: 978-0827362758
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,830,497 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb resource for all involved with Healing Touch, May 3, 2003

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A. Beagley "xray99" (PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Healing Touch: A Guide Book for Practitioners, 2nd Edition (Healer Series) (Paperback)

An excellent, readable, knowledgeable text book that will be referred to again and again. It contains so much information, and is indexed accurately so that you can find the relevant answers quickly. Diagrams are informative and useful.
To me this book is recommended for those already practicing H.T., or for those interested in gaining insight into Healing Touch with a view to entering the H.T. program. The Healing Touch program encourages people to participate in continued, life-long learning, and this book is a valuable resource.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absoluttely essential resource for any "hands-on" healer., March 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Healing Touch: A Resource for Health Care Professionals: Nurse as Healer Series (Paperback)

No need for 1,000 more words. The above says it all. I loaned my copy to a client, forgot which one, and now must buy another. Can't practice without it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Clinical, August 16, 2011

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kavanava "kavanava" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healing Touch: A Guide Book for Practitioners, 2nd Edition (Healer Series) (Paperback)

I have taken Healing Touch, but from Healing Touch International (non-profit) I purchased this book before knowing the organization had split in 2 and this book is for Healing Touch Program (for profit). What can I say, a fight over territory and the Program folks aren't letting the International folks use their book/materials. The book, written by nurses, is clinical. It is apparent it was written to make Healing Touch more acceptable to the mainstream medical establishment and Healing Touch less "new age" and to attract those in the health community to train in Healing Touch. If you are interested in this approach then this book will probably appeal to you. Sample topics are combining qualitative and quantitative data, primer on electrical devices, the biofield, and consciousness just to give you an idea of the book's approach. The parts on actual hands on healing is limited to a small portion of the book. The techniques used aren't really anything new. It is based on ancient techniques from India, China, Japan, and Native Americans and the work of Dorothy Kreiger (Therapeutic Touch). I guess the bottom line is if you want to learn energy work and aren't interested in all the clinical stuff this book is probably not for you. If you like the more clinical and structured approach then you'll like this book.