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Joel Salinas is an American doctor who has a condition called mirror-touch synaesthesia. This means he can physically feel the pain of his patients. He tells Matthew Bannister what impact this has on his work.

Image: A Doctor Holding a Patient's Hand
Credit: Martin Barraud, Getty Images

Published on Wednesday, 7th March 2018.

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