How doctors' fears of getting COVID-19 can mean losing the healing power of touch: One physician's story
- Written by Liza Buchbinder, Internal Medicine Physician and Anthropologist, UCLA Health, University of California, Los Angeles
Touch is central to empathy because the person being touched is also touching back.Cavan Images via Getty ImagesThe Conversation is running a series of dispatches from clinicians and researchers operating on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. You can find all of the stories here.
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