New Perspectives on Medical Clowning: Clown Doctors in Covid-19, Wartime, and the Everyday (EPUB)

Discover the Fascinating World of Medical Clowning with This Innovative Book

By Amnon Raviv

Medical clowning has gained increasing recognition in recent years as a powerful tool for promoting wellbeing in healthcare settings. In this innovative book, author Amnon Raviv presents and analyzes new research around medical clowning in hospitals, exploring everything from social media use to the impact on the hospitalized child in later life.

Starting with an overview of the work of medical clowns, Raviv delves into the idea of humor as a mechanism related to the revolution in language and human consciousness, and makes a connection between humor and anxiety, showing how this can be mobilized to support hospitalized patients. Special attention is paid to medical clowning during the Covid-19 pandemic, where loneliness and isolation loomed large and anxieties were high.

Other chapters examine the role of medical clowning in wartime and during times of natural disaster, 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 an essential read for anyone interested in medical clowning, from researchers and practitioners to students and scholars in healthcare, nursing, medicine, and performance studies.

Product Details

• Publisher: Routledge; 1st edition (April 5, 2023)
• Language: English
• Format: Digital eBook
• Length: 88 pages
• ISBN-10: 1032423307
• ISBN-13: 978-1032423302