Commentary: See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me

Peter G. Holub

Commentary: See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me

Peter G. Holub

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Abstract

The title of my commentary is from the rock opera Tommy . Tommy doesn’t ask for a high-tech medical cure for his disease. He isn’t interested in prescription drugs. He craves the simple human touch - a low-tech form of caring that has no negative side-effects. The healing power of the human touch is validated by scientific research. So, other than the fact that it doesn’t have an ICD-10 medical billing code, why don’t doctors and other caregivers like to touch their patients?

Original language	American English
Journal	The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice
Volume	14
Issue number	1
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

Keywords

ethics
healing
touch

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Medicine and Health Sciences

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