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But more important than the technology, he says, is what clinicians in the field have taken to calling webside manner. It's a modern twist on bedside manner—a physician's ability to relate with a patient and convey their desire to help. […] Look, there's variation whether you see a clinician in person or whether you see them online, so I'm not saying in any way that telemedicine is less helpful than in-person visits, or that webside manner is worse than bedside manner, says UCSF pulmonologist Adams Dudley. But webside manner definitely requires more cooperation, and a different kind of cooperation, than bedside manner.

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