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Cool Intimacies of Care for Contemporary Clinical Practice (2010)
Journal Article
Atkinson, S., Macnaughton, J., Saunders, C., & Evans, M. (2010). Cool Intimacies of Care for Contemporary Clinical Practice. The Lancet, 376(9754), 1732-1733. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2810%2962123-x

The practices of medicine across history and culture illuminate the centrality of the physical intimacy of touch in the expression of the healer's care. Yet much of modern western medicine diminishes the value of intimacy in the expertise of the clin... Read More about Cool Intimacies of Care for Contemporary Clinical Practice.

Intimacy and distance in the clinical examination (2010)
Book Chapter
Evans, H., & Macnaughton, J. (2010). Intimacy and distance in the clinical examination. In R. Ahlzen, M. Evans, P. Louhiala, & R. Puustinen (Eds.), Medical humanities companion (89-107). Radcliffe Publishing