Similarly, a study
of «therapeutic touch» published in the Journal
of the American
Medical Association showed that
practitioners who insisted they could sense a patient's «energy field» proved incapable
of even sensing the presence or
absence of a test subject's hand.
Every employee who has completed six consecutive months
of continuous employment with an employer and who is a family member
of a critically ill adult is entitled to a caregiver leave
of absence from employment
of up to 17 weeks in order to care for or support that adult if a
medical doctor or nurse
practitioner has issued a certificate that