TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raviv,Amnon
TI  - New perspectives on medical clowning
SN  - 9781000897456
U1  - 616.891 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Clowning
KW  - Therapeutic use
KW  - Wit and humor
KW  - MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - MEDICAL / Education & Training
KW  - MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery
N2  - Taking the recent coronavirus pandemic as a starting point, this book presents and analyzes new research around medical clowning in hospitals, from social media use to the impact on the hospitalized child in later life. This innovative book begins with an overview of the work of medical clowns. It discusses the idea of humor as a mechanism related to the revolution in language and human consciousness, and makes a connection between humor and anxiety, exploring how this can be mobilized to support hospitalized patients. There is extensive examination of medical clowning to strengthen coping skills and promote wellbeing in the time of Covid-19, where loneliness and isolation loomed large and anxieties were high. Subsequent chapters explore the role of medical clowning in wartime and at time of natural disasters, the experiences of children some time after their experience of hospitalization and clowning, and the role of social media and medical clowns in community building. This book is a fascinating contribution to the literature on medical clowning. It is of interest to researchers, practitioners, and lecturers in medical clowning, play in healthcare, nursing, medicine, and performance studies
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003362302
ER  -