Student perspectives on touch: A preliminary report on Emirati medical students

Assesses student attitudes regarding doctor-patient touch in routine medical encounters and observes student learning and use of touch while engaged in clinical encounters. Describes the settings of the medical school and the health system that graduates serve; provides an assessment of the sparse literature on doctor-patient touching; addresses the development of a survey instrument to assess student attitudes toward and perceptions of this topic; and reports on findings of a survey of two student cohorts. (Original abstract - amended)