Poverty of therapeutic touch "research" exposed.

The National Therapeutic Touch Study Group (NTTSG) has published a 180-page Survey of Therapeutic Touch "Research" as of March, 1997. "Research" is placed within quotation marks because it becomes clear that most of the work falls short of what deserves the name. The tome provides a history of why and how the document came to be. It contains the following sections (italicized) and contents: Describing TT presents TT in the words of leading TT proponents themselves. State of the Art reveals where TT actually is. This is important because proponents claim to have established TT scientifically. Rosa shows here that TT is a "pseudoscience." Trans-Research Claims cites claims made by …