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Humor Won, Humor Too: A Model to Incorporate Humor Into the Healthcare Setting
Author(s) -
Ackerman Michael H.,
Henry Mary Beth,
Graham Kathy M.,
Coffey Nancy
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
nursing forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.618
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1744-6198
pISSN - 0029-6473
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6198.1993.tb00944.x
Subject(s) - health care , sense of humor , stress reduction , nursing , psychology , nursing care , resource (disambiguation) , medicine , applied psychology , social psychology , computer science , computer network , economics , economic growth
The benefits of using humor in health care include stress reduction and improved psychological well‐being for patients and the nursing staff. The authors discuss model to incorporate humor into a specific health‐care setting, and include a detailed description of two humor programs: the Chuckle Wagon and Nursing Humor Resource Center.