Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: On Touch

  • Osteopathic medicine, touch and psychoanalysis: At a new crossroad

    Moises EnghelbergNew York, United States Space As a point of departure is the notion of space and the value given to personal space in therapy. Space, the dialectic force by which touch and closeness is defined, functions in therapy as a sort of barrier between two individuals and allows the physician to maintain distance, but…