著者

鳥谷 めぐみ 矢野 理香 菊地 美香 小島 悦子 菅原 邦子

出版者

天使大学

雑誌

天使大学紀要 (ISSN:13464388)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.2, pp.13-23, 2002-03-31

被引用文献数

1

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The purpose of this study was to identify the types of touch and to describe the meaning of touch in the context. The subjects were 3 cancer patients and 10 nurses in the palliative care unit. The data was collected from the participant observation of patients and nurse in the care unit, semi-structured interview to the nurse about the scene, which a touch arose in. These data were analyzed by the qualitative and inductive approach. The findings were as follows. 1. The touch was classified by eight types; 'the touch which aimed at the working', 'the touch for the confirmation', 'the touch to give a comfort', 'The touch to keep safety', 'the touch to support patient's independence', 'the touch of sign', 'the touch reaches to feeling', 'the touch, instead of the word'. 2. From this study, interview method was important to interpret the meaning of