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The disappearance of empathetic touch in medicine

By STAT News  
   November 26, 2024

As a physician, I was taught to appreciate the clinical importance of human touch for our physical and mental health. As a human being, I worry about its loss. And as a dermatologist, I know what that loss may mean for the loneliest and most vulnerable among us.

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