![]() ![]() Doctors should consider any cultural differences that could lead to a misunderstanding. If a doctor makes fun of a situation or himself or herself, that's safer humor. Making fun of a patient is dangerous, he said. Sultanoff, PhD, believes humor can build relationships or break them apart. Farrago, editor in chief of Placebo Journal, which pokes fun at medicine.Ĭalifornia psychologist Steven M. "I know which ones are going to laugh and which ones it's not going to work with," said Dr. Farrago said doctors should try to figure out which patients may appreciate humor before injecting it in the exam room. When an overweight male patient rolls on his back on the exam table, he may utter, "I think you'll do fine once you deliver this baby."ĭr. It can make medicine more enjoyable to patients." Finding the right kind of humorĭuring a routine Pap smear, Maine family physician Douglas Farrago, MD, may turn to his nurse and say: "Did you mistakenly switch the Crazy Glue with the Vaseline again?" "It's important to relate to patients as a person to break down the power differential. "Humor is appropriate when you have a sense of who your patient is and what's the context of the visit," said Jeffrey Berger, MD, article co-author and director of clinical ethics at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola, N.Y. However, the authors say humor is a useful coping and defense mechanism that helps people handle emotional conflict and reduce stress.Ĭareful use of humor can strengthen and humanize physician-patient encounters, promote bonding and enhance patient satisfaction, they said. It notes that while some experts say humor is therapeutic, there is little evidence to support the idea that it has a significant effect on physical disease. The researchers concluded that how a doctor says something may be as important as what is said.Īn article in the April 26 Archives of Internal Medicine takes a serious look at humor in the physician-patient encounter. Kelly, vice chair of orthopedic surgery at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia.Ī 1997 Journal of the American Medical Association study on physician-patient communication said primary care physicians with no medical liability claims laughed and used humor more often during patient visits than did primary care physicians who had claims filed against them. That alone is a reason for using it," said Dr. It's a wonderful tool in making people happy. "Sometimes it's easier to put things in perspective with a little joke here and there. Laughter may be the best medicine in some cases. ![]() To joke or not to joke, that is the question. Kelly's belief that a little levity relaxes patients and helps build a connection.īut in these highly litigious times, in which, thanks to managed care, the physician-patient relationship is often short-term and unstable, physicians are being more careful about pulling their punch lines. One time, though, a husband didn't think it was funny and blurted, "It's my wife, damn it." ![]() Kelly succeeds at putting his patients at ease. Kelly, MD, may ask the man: "Is this your older daughter or the middle one?" The EP concludes with the electrifying sound of Vizio.When a husband and wife walk into his exam room, orthopedic surgeon John D. On the other side, Flavours Of Youth unleashes a melodic cut with an immersive bass. With total expertise he manipulates echoes with synths creating unexpected and ecstatic breakdowns. The title track Kidney Shot is the perfect example of this intention too. The record opens with Fall To Ruin where Farrago continues to develop his industrial yet trancey production, delivering high levels of energy to the dance floor. Ahead of appearances at Awakenings Festival, Kappa Futur Festival, the OFFSónar Exhale party in Barcelona, Rotterdam Rave and touring through India, Japan and Canada this year, the Belgian DJ & producer returns in pure form. Kidney Shot is his third outing on the label following the very much revered Risin’ EP -which in 2018 inaugurated LENSKE including a collaboration with Lens and a remix by Kobosil- and the killer uncompromising Neontrance from last summer. Sam Deliaert AKA Farrago steps up with a new four-tracker on Amelie Lens’ imprint LENSKE. ![]()
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