My Turn: Touched by another human's touch
Friday, May 20, 2011 - 21:00
in Health & Medicine
A doctor diagnosed with cancer discovers the power a hug can have on an ailing patient.I was deeply shaken to learn I had hypopharyngeal cancer. As a physician, I had access to my hospital's laboratory results, so I took a shortcut: Rather than wait for my surgeon to call me, I looked for my name in my hospital's pathology laboratory log book.