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.

Topics Covered
The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:
•Cultural Variables
•Effectiveness of Therapeutic Humor
•Humor in Counseling
•Humor in Medical Care and Settings
•Medical Practice
•Mental Health
•Offensive Humor
•Pain and Stress Relief
•Perception of Humor
•Therapeutic Humor