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  • Title: Intentionality forms the matrix of healing: a theory.
    Author: Zahourek RP.
    Journal: Altern Ther Health Med; 2004; 10(6):40-9. PubMed ID: 15624348.
    Abstract:
    UNLABELLED: The understanding of intentionality in a healing context has been incomplete and confusing. Attempts have been made to describe it as a concrete mental force in healing while healing has been accepted as a nonlocal phenomenon. This paper reviews several definitions and theoretical frameworks of intentionality. It proposes a new integrative theory of intentionality, Intentionality: the Matrix of Healing. The theory proposes definitions, forms, and phases of intentionality, a process of development and mediators that sculpt intentionality in healing. The theory has implications for conceptualizing intentionality and provides a framework for continued exploration of the nature of intentionality in healing for scholars as well as clinicians. SETTING: This study was done as a Doctoral dissertation at New York University, School of Education, Division of Nursing.
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