Humor won, humor too: a model to incorporate humor into the healthcare setting.
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.
Ackerman
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Henry
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Graham
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Coffey
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D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D011367:Professional Staff Committees; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic