TED Talks

Abrham Verghese: A doctor's touch (2011x102)

: 14, 2011

Ted Global 2011 Session 10: Feeling 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.