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. 2002 Mar 19;166(6):786.

Healing touch

Robert Dickson 1
PMCID: PMC99466

Take her frail and painful hands in yours. Gently press misshapen joints with tenderness. Those hands were moulded year by year, by touching other lives with love.

A tired smile shows that pain, still present, for a moment is bearable.

When flesh is worn or damaged past repair, touch with care — the only healing left to share.

Robert Dickson Family physician Hamilton, Ont.


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