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high touch

Social medicine adjective Referring to physical and/or direct emotional interaction with Pts, distinct from modern medicine's trend toward technological and innovative aspects of healing; 'high-touch' fields include nursing, psychiatry, family practice. See Doctor-patient interaction.

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