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On the one hand, it's economically beneficial for hospitals to include therapeutic touch in their facilities; else patients wanting such services might go elsewhere.
It's likewise crucial to include therapeutic touch in the hospital so that the 2 might be unified in the brains of the public, therefore removing either-or equation that happens occasionally between medical science and therapeutic touch.
On the other hand, therapeutic touch doesn't have absolute scientific support, and consequently its inclusion in the hospital will give it the appearance of legitimate procedure which it might not merit.
If therapeutic touch is considered to have the implicit backing of the scientific community, then for much of the populace the question of its efficacy is basically laid to rest.
Executives are consequently rightfully wary of lending their backing to therapeutic touch, for fear of patients turning away from demonstrated practice in favor of this fresh, simpler treatment. How many individuals would really decide to engage in the demanding regimen of chemotherapy if they trusted that touch may cure their cancer?
While there are miracle stories related to a happy ending, one may easily imagine a much, much blacker scenario in which a patient gives up conventional therapy in favor of the simpler therapeutic touch and dies for their hassle.
Presently, many hospitals are still erring on the side of carefulness, however as therapeutic touch continues to grow they'll have to make a hard choice.
Hospitals might decide to include therapeutic touch in the hopes that heedful regulation of its utilization will make up for the prestige they give it by including it, or they might not decide not to include it so that it may remain in the category of "New Age Mysticism" and never acquire official acceptance.
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