Out of Touch

JAMA. 2024 Mar 5;331(9):729-730. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.0888.

Authors

Salvatore Mangione¹, Maria Basile², Stephen G Post²

Affiliations

¹ Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York.

PMID: 38334986
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2024.0888

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the role of touch in medical tradition and its importance in medicine today.