Simposio Brasileño de Comunicación en Enfermaria
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FERNANDES, Angela Cristina Puzzi y NAGAY, Silvana Capelleti. Therapeutic touch - nonverbal communication: use in worker’s health clinic. In Anales del 8. Simposio Brasileño de Comunicación en Enfermaria, 2002, San Pablo (SP, Brasil) [online]. 2002 [citado 28 Abril 2024]. Disponible en: <http://www.proceedings.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=MSC0000000052002000200021&lng=es&nrm=iso> .

This study was realized at a worker’s health clinic of a high tech company located in the interior of São Paulo State. The authors surveyed profiles and diseases found among employees submitted to the therapeutic touch (Krieger-Kunz Method). The sample consisted of 38 employees. Data were collected from January to October 2001, through nursing consultations, including medical guidance, or spontaneous demand, apart from medical file data. This study aimed to study the implantation of therapeutic touch (Krieger-Kunz Method) as a nursing activity at a worker’s health clinic.

Palabras llave : therapeutic touch; alternative therapies; nursing; worker’s health.