Lead Author: Martina Ann Kelly
Submitted by Kathy Herzberger, Loma Linda School of Medicine

We have all realized how much touch is essential to our lives during this past year. Touch, according to the authors, expresses healing, caring, and connection. They discuss how virtual life has transformed interactions with their patients and colleagues. If telemedicine continues beyond our current pandemic, then physicians will need to find a way, other than touch, to connect with their patients to develop therapeutic relationships. 

Read the full article in Annals of Family Medicine here.

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