Complement Ther Nurs Midwifery. 1996 Dec; 2(6): 148-50.

Hypnosis.

Rankin-Box D.

Centre for Complementary Medicine, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK.

Hypnosis has considerable potential for use within nursing practice. The possible applications are wide-ranging and it is a therapy which gives clients responsibility for their own healing. Whether it can be used effectively in the clinical setting depends largely on the clients' willingness to manage their own health care; the therapist acts only as a facilitator of the healing process.