Humour and Patients
Explores patient-initiated humor to relieve feelings of stress, uncertainty, or embarrassment.
CINAHL
AN: 2009366948 NLM Unique Identifier: 17135840.
Adamle K. Turkoski B.
Responding to patient-initiated humor: guidelines for practice.
Home Healthcare Nurse.
2006 Nov-Dec; 24(10): 638-44.
Examining depression, anxiety and humor in cancer patients as they relate to quality of life.
CINAHL
AN: 2009233893 NLM Unique Identifier: 16092551.
Aarstad HJ. Aarstad AKH. Heimdal J. Olofsson J.
Mood, anxiety and sense of humor in head and neck cancer patients in relation to disease stage, prognosis and quality of life.
Acta Oto-Laryngologica.
2005 May; 125(5): 557-65.
In-depth literature reviews demonstrate a positive correlation between humor and comfort levels in patients with cancer.
CINAHL
AN: 2005080367 NLM Unique Identifier: 15853164.
Christie W. Moore C.
The impact of humor on patients with cancer.
Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing.
2005 Apr; 9(2): 211-8, 225-7.
Humour from the perspective of the oncologist. “Humor, both spontaneous and planned, is generally recognized to have three direct benefits in a health care setting—psychological, communication, and social.”
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 15659513
Joshua AM. Cotroneo A. Clarke S.
Humor and oncology.
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 23(3):645-8, 2005 Jan 20.
A descriptive study regarding patients’ perspectives concerning the use of humor in their care and during recovery.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 12011915
Johnson P
The use of humor and its influences on spirituality and coping in breast cancer survivors.
Oncology Nursing Forum. Online. 29(4):691-5, 2002 May
A review of literature on the effects of humor and laughter on physical health.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 11439709
Martin RA.
Humor, laughter, and physical health: methodological issues and research findings.
Psychological Bulletin. 127(4):504-19, 2001 Jul.
“While humor and laughter cannot cure cancer, they are a sure means of alleviating fear, distress, and anxiety, and they enhance the patient’s quality of life…”
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2001043005
Pattillo CGS. Itano J.
Laughter is the best medicine: and it's a great adjunct in the treatment of patients with cancer.
American Journal of Nursing. Suppl: 40-3,49-50, inside back cover 2001 Apr.
Full text via Ovid
Sense of humour is a coping strategy for caregivers.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2001004952
Lowdermilk D. Germino BB.
Helping women and their families cope with the impact of gynecologic cancer.
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing. 29(6):653-60 2000 Nov-Dec.
Full text via Ovid
Humour and Health of Health Professionals
Humor in the classroom can reenergize students and if used appropriately, humor can help lighten the atmosphere when discussing sensitive topics. It can promote a positive teacher-student relationship.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003066711
Lee CJ. Lamp JK.
On the lighter side... The use of humor and role-playing in reinforcing key concepts.
Nurse Educator. 28(2):61-2, 2003 Mar-Apr.
Full text via Ovid
This survey of 261 oncology health professionals found use of humor as a way to help relax.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 11125944
Kash KM. Holland JC. Breitbart W. Berenson S. Dougherty J. Ouellette-Kobasa S. Lesko L.
Stress and burnout in oncology.
Oncology (Huntington). 14(11):1621-33; discussion 1633-4, 1636-7, 2000 Nov.
This article explores how, for critical care nurses, humor can combat stress and how humor can be used constructively.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 11040558
Buxman K.
Humor in critical care: no joke.
AACN Clinical Issues. 11(1):120-7, 2000 Feb.
Full text via Ovid
The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH) is a community of professionals who incorporate humor into their daily lives
Association for Applied & Therapeutic Humor
Explores patient-initiated humor to relieve feelings of stress, uncertainty, or embarrassment.
CINAHL
AN: 2009366948 NLM Unique Identifier: 17135840.
Adamle K. Turkoski B.
Responding to patient-initiated humor: guidelines for practice.
Home Healthcare Nurse.
2006 Nov-Dec; 24(10): 638-44.
Humor in the classroom can reenergize students and if used appropriately, humor can help lighten the atmosphere when discussing sensitive topics. It can promote a positive teacher-student relationship.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2003066711
Lee CJ. Lamp JK.
On the lighter side... The use of humor and role-playing in reinforcing key concepts.
Nurse Educator. 28(2):61-2, 2003 Mar-Apr.
Full text via Ovid
This survey of 261 oncology health professionals found use of humor as a way to help relax.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 11125944
Kash KM. Holland JC. Breitbart W. Berenson S. Dougherty J. Ouellette-Kobasa S. Lesko L.
Stress and burnout in oncology.
Oncology (Huntington). 14(11):1621-33; discussion 1633-4, 1636-7, 2000 Nov.
Examining depression, anxiety and humor in cancer patients as they relate to quality of life.
CINAHL
AN: 2009233893 NLM Unique Identifier: 16092551.
Aarstad HJ. Aarstad AKH. Heimdal J. Olofsson J.
Mood, anxiety and sense of humor in head and neck cancer patients in relation to disease stage, prognosis and quality of life.
Acta Oto-Laryngologica.
2005 May; 125(5): 557-65.
In-depth literature reviews demonstrate a positive correlation between humor and comfort levels in patients with cancer.
CINAHL
AN: 2005080367 NLM Unique Identifier: 15853164.
Christie W. Moore C.
The impact of humor on patients with cancer.
Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing.
2005 Apr; 9(2): 211-8, 225-7.
This article explores how, for critical care nurses, humor can combat stress and how humor can be used constructively.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 11040558
Buxman K.
Humor in critical care: no joke.
AACN Clinical Issues. 11(1):120-7, 2000 Feb.
Full text via Ovid
The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (AATH) is a community of professionals who incorporate humor into their daily lives
Association for Applied & Therapeutic Humor
Humour from the perspective of the oncologist. “Humor, both spontaneous and planned, is generally recognized to have three direct benefits in a health care setting—psychological, communication, and social.”
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 15659513
Joshua AM. Cotroneo A. Clarke S.
Humor and oncology.
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 23(3):645-8, 2005 Jan 20.
A descriptive study regarding patients’ perspectives concerning the use of humor in their care and during recovery.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 12011915
Johnson P
The use of humor and its influences on spirituality and coping in breast cancer survivors.
Oncology Nursing Forum. Online. 29(4):691-5, 2002 May
A review of literature on the effects of humor and laughter on physical health.
Ovid MEDLINE
Unique Identifier: 11439709
Martin RA.
Humor, laughter, and physical health: methodological issues and research findings.
Psychological Bulletin. 127(4):504-19, 2001 Jul.
“While humor and laughter cannot cure cancer, they are a sure means of alleviating fear, distress, and anxiety, and they enhance the patient’s quality of life…”
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2001043005
Pattillo CGS. Itano J.
Laughter is the best medicine: and it's a great adjunct in the treatment of patients with cancer.
American Journal of Nursing. Suppl: 40-3,49-50, inside back cover 2001 Apr.
Full text via Ovid
Sense of humour is a coping strategy for caregivers.
CINAHL
Accession Number: 2001004952
Lowdermilk D. Germino BB.
Helping women and their families cope with the impact of gynecologic cancer.
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing. 29(6):653-60 2000 Nov-Dec.
Full text via Ovid