<p>Therapeutic touch (TT) has only fairly recently been introduced into Britain by Jean Sayre-Adams, who trained with Dr Dolores Krieger, the American nurse who devised this technique. Sayre-Adams has been instrumental in setting up TT courses validated by the University of Manchester and the English National Board, and is the co-author (along with Professor Steve Wright) of the only British book on TT (Sayre-AdamsandWright 1995).</p>