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Author : Howard J. Bennett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Best of Medical Humor written by Howard J. Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available in the US, Canada, Latin America, and South East Asia (except Japan) only. Not distributed by LWW in Europe.
Author : Freida McFadden
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781517492489
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)
Download or read book 11 Out of 10 written by Freida McFadden and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What is your pain level on a scale of 1 to 10, where zero would be no pain, and 10 would be if you had an attack of kidney stones while in active labor, and while all that was going on, you were set on fire. Starting with your genitals. And then you were disemboweled, and the bowels that were removed were then also set on fire. And then while you were running around in active labor, passing a kidney stone, on fire with your bowels also on fire, you accidentally stepped on a Lego with your bare foot. And that Lego was also on fire." "It's an 11." Medicine can be funny. It can be sad, painful, inspirational, but also sometimes funny. "11 out of 10" is a collection of humorous medical stories from practitioners in all fields, ranging from physicians to nurses to EMTs to medical students. Some are totally true, some are exaggerated, and some are mostly fiction. But every single one of them aims to put a smile on your face. All profits from this book will be donated to Deworm the World Initiative, a charity that aims to treat parasitic infections in children in developing nations.
Author : Athena du Pré
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135684413
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)
Download or read book Humor and the Healing Arts written by Athena du Pré and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1997-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a social scientific look at humor's role in medical transactions, this volume is based on extensive field study in seven medical settings. It includes excerpts from dozens of actual conversations between patients and caregivers. Analysis of these episodes reveals that humor is a practical tool used to meet many medical objectives. It is used by patients to good-naturedly complain and to campaign for more personal attention, and by caregivers to get attention, make amends, insist on unpleasant routines, and establish rapport. Examining humor from many angles, the book begins with a phenomenological analysis of the essence of funny. This section describes what makes some things funny but not others, and how to distinguish between potentially funny and unfunny episodes in medical situations. From an ethnographic perspective, joking around is shown to be a persuasive element of medical culture. Examples illustrate how patients and caregivers use humor to negotiate the dialectics between helping and hurting, and individuality and compliance. Additionally, a close-up look at three medical transactions shows how humor is used to help a physical therapy patient overcome fear and queasiness, reduce the embarrassment of a mammography, and defuse a potential conflict between a student aide and a young patient. A final section examines techniques for initiating conversational humor. In sum, this volume provides an intimate and realistic look at medical conversations as they are conducted every day. It serves as a valuable complement to health communication texts and offers information of interest to health communication scholars, healthcare practitioners, and anyone interested in the effects and techniques of conversational humor. Richly grounded in naturally occurring data, the book can be understood and used effectively by both scholars and practitioners.
Author : Che Prasad
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)
Download or read book Physician Humor Thyself written by Che Prasad and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas F Shubnell Ph D
Publisher : Thomas F. Shubnell
ISBN 13 : 1440415749
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)
Download or read book Medical Humor written by Thomas F Shubnell Ph D and published by Thomas F. Shubnell. This book was released on 2008-09-24 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laughter is an orgasm triggered by the intercourse of sense and nonsense. Pain killers are released during a deep laugh and stress hormones are decreased. A good laugh is truly good for the heart, soul, and brain. Read over three hundred pages of great medical humor, jokes, anecdotes, quips, and have a good laugh.
Author : Josh Richman
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811857826
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)
Download or read book What's Your Poo Telling You? written by Josh Richman and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2007-05-03 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With universal appeal (everyone poops, after all), this witty, illustrated description of over two dozen dookies (each with a medical explanation written by a doctor) details what one can learn about health and well-being by studying what's in the bowl. A floater? It's probably due to a buildup of gas. Now think back on last night's dinner, a burrito perhaps? . . .All the greatest hits are here: The Log Jam, The Glass Shard, The Deja Poo, The Hanging Chad ... the list goes on. Sidebars, trivia, over 60 euphemisms for number 2, and unusual case histories all make this the ultimate bathroom reader. Who knew you could learn so much from your poo?"--Publisher website (October 2007)
Author : David McLaughlan
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1607426188
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)
Download or read book Take Two Aspirin. . .and Call Me in Hawaii written by David McLaughlan and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The doctor/patient relationship offers endless opportunities for laughter—and this collection of medical humor is sure to please anyone who’s still breathing! Scores of jokes and humorous stories, all relating to doctors, hospitals, medicines, diet, and exercise, are categorized into chapters accompanied by light, inspirational introductions. Maybe you’ll see someone you know—even yourself—in this hilarious collection of medical mirth. It’s available in plenty of time for the upcoming election season and its stressful health care debate!
Author : Cundall Jr., Michael K.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 179984529X
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)
Download or read book Cases on Applied and Therapeutic Humor written by Cundall Jr., Michael K. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent evidence indicates that humor is an important aspect of a person's health, and studies have shown that increased levels of humor help with stress, pain tolerance, and overall patient health outcomes. Still, many healthcare providers are hesitant to use humor in their practice for fear of offense or failure. Understanding more of how and why humor works as well as some of the issues related to real-world examples is essential to help practitioners be more successful in their use and understanding of humor in medical care. Through case studies and real-world applications of therapeutic humor, the field can be better understood and advanced for best practices and uses of this type of therapy. With this growing area of interest, research on humor in a patient care setting must be discussed. Cases on Applied and Therapeutic Humor focuses on humor in medical care and will discuss issues in humor research, assessment of the effectiveness of humor in medical settings, and examples of medical care in specific health settings. The chapters will explore how propriety, effectiveness, perception, and cultural variables play a role in using humor as therapy and will also provide practical case studies from medical/healthcare professionals in which they personally employed humor in medical practice. This book is ideal for medical students, therapists, researchers interested in health, humor, and medical care; healthcare professionals; humor researchers; along with practitioners, academicians, and students looking for a deeper understanding of the role humor can play as well as guidance as to the effective and meaningful use of humor in medical/healthcare settings.
Author : Harold J. Ellner M.D.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465324909
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Best of Wits End written by Harold J. Ellner M.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-11-11 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Who knew doctors could be flat-out funny? In fact, who knew they were so smart? For several decades, the last page of Diversion, the leisure magazine for physicians, held a monthly contest for doctors. Their best is offered in this volume. Could Julius Caesar have been an orthopedist (I came, I saw (ed), I conquered”)? Would our litigious society cause MDs to experience flashes of barristopratfallophilia? When utilization review comes to Washington, one physician envisions government posts such as Joint Sheaves of Chaff. Might a sports team be known as The Heimlichs (they never choke under pressure), or The Sphincters (Nothing gets by them, and they have the best tight end in the business.) Another posits that a GI series is a military baseball competition. And somewhere in this great country there is – or certainly should be – a podiatrist named Mehta Tarsal. The surface has just been abraded.
Author : Patch Adams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1620551128
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)
Download or read book Gesundheit! written by Patch Adams and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring and hilarious story of Patch Adams's quest to bring free health care to the world and to transform the way doctors practice medicine • Tells the story of Patch Adam's lifetime quest to transform the health care system • Released as a film from Universal Pictures, starring Robin Williams Meet Patch Adams, M.D., a social revolutionary who has devoted his career to giving away health care. Adams is the founder of the Gesundheit Institute, a home-based medical practice that has treated more than 15,000 people for free, and that is now building a full-scale hospital that will be open to anyone in the world free of charge. Ambitious? Yes. Impossible? Not for those who know and work with Patch. Whether it means putting on a red clown nose for sick children or taking a disturbed patient outside to roll down a hill with him, Adams does whatever is necessary to help heal. In his frequent lectures at medical schools and international conferences, Adams's irrepressible energy cuts through the businesslike facade of the medical industry to address the caring relationship between doctor and patient that is at the heart of true medicine. All author royalties are used to fund The Gesundheit Institute, a 40-bed free hospital in West Virginia. Adams's positive vision and plan for the future is an inspiration for those concerned with the inaccessibility of affordable, quality health care. Today's high-tech medicine has become too costly, impersonal, and grim. In his frequent lectures to colleges, churches, community groups, medical schools, and conferences, Patch shows how healing can be a loving, creative, humorous human exchange--not a business transaction.
