title: Should we hug our patients?
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health and Family Practice, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kuritzky
authors.forename: V W
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Sloan
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017406:Sexual Harassment; D012944:Social Support; D014110:Touch