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Humor and the health professions : the therapeutic use of humor in health care
- Title
- Humor and the health professions : the therapeutic use of humor in health care / Vera M. Robinson.
- Author
- Robinson, Vera M.
- Publication
- Thorofare, NJ : Slack Inc., ©1991.
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Details
- Description
- xx, 236 pages : illustrations
- Subject
- Communication in medicine
- Wit and humor in medicine
- Medical personnel
- Wit and humor
- Communication in nursing
- Medical personnel and patient
- Health Occupations
- Interpersonal Relations
- Wit and Humor as Topic
- Health Personnel
- Health Workforce
- Professional-Patient Relations
- humor
- Wit and humor
- Medical personnel and patient
- Medical personnel
- Communication in nursing
- Communication in medicine
- Wit and humor in medicine
- Genre/Form
- Wit and Humor
- humor.
- Humor
- Humor.
- Humour.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-225) and index.
- Contents
- Paradoxes, dilemmas and controversies -- De-fi-ni-tions of humor -- Theor?es of humor -- The physiology of laughter and its therapeutic effects -- Styles of humor: a historical perspective -- Humor as a healthy mechanism -- Humor in health care settings -- Functions of humor for the health professional -- "Medical" humor as gallows humor -- Humor in psychiatric settings -- Humor in ed+uXca=tion -- Humor related to culture and illness -- Humor in clinical areas: an update -- Developing a sense of humor -- The techniques of comedy -- Utilizing humor: some beginning guidelines.
- ISBN
- 9781556421419
- 1556421419
- LCCN
- 89043106
- OCLC
- ocm22927270
- 22927270
- SCSB-1978283
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library