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A doctor's touch

Abraham Verghese · TED

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About

Modern medicine is in danger of losing a powerful, old-fashioned tool: human touch. Physician and writer Abraham Verghese describes our strange new world where patients are merely data points, and calls for a return to the traditional one-on-one physical exam.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2011
Speaker
Abraham Verghese
Year
2011
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health, Society and politics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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