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MEDICAL CLOWNS
Dr Ankita D Patil
IInd Yr PG Student
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CLOWNSComic performers
providing humor
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What Are MedicalClowns?
Medical Clowns provide Clown Careor Hospital Clowning
A form of special medical care todeliver humor to patients to build uptheir physical and emotional health
Mainly used for pediatric patients
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Role of a clown and a physician is the same:To elevate the possible and to relieve
suering!"
A famous quote by Dr HunterDoherty !atch"Adams# a doctor%clown American !hysician&
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How is this done?
#octors$%aramedical &ta dress up asclowns
'se s(ills li(e magic) playing pran(s)music)storytelling
Help patients) children in having theirdaily dose of fun and recreation!
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Why this form of medical care?
Helps patients deal with the variedset of emotions li(e fear) an*iety ofbeing in a hospital) boredom )
dullness)etc
%rovides a Hospital friendlyenvironment
+vercomes ,hite Coat &yndrome
Ma(es the patients more comfortablewhile interacting with doctors
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How this wor's?
-aughter is a .,onder #rug
-aughter
Raises /ndorphinlevels 0natural
pain(iller1 2oostsimmunity byraising T celllevels
Reducesserum cortisollevels
Combatsstress
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(ene)ts to Health CareSystem
%atients are more comfortable andcooperative while eliciting Historyand doing an e*amination) hence
help in reaching diagnoses easily
+pen out freely about their illness infront of the doctors
2etter follow in +%#s
2etter response to treatment
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History
3n 4567 2ig Apple Circus Clown Care 'nit in 8ew9or( was the rst program launched of this (ind
3nvolved a group of professional clowns trained
e*tensively in hospital procedures) circus s(ills)and ma(e rounds as "clown doctors
&imilar %rograms used all over the world incountries li(e Australia) 8ew
;ealand)'&A)Canada)/urope
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History
#r Hunter Doherty !atch Adamsis anAmerican physician
3nstitute in 45@4
/ach year he organies a group of volunteersfrom around the world to travel to variouscountries where they dress as clowns in an eortto bring humour to patients
The =esundheit> 3nstitute involves the concept of"humanitarian clowning"
'ses the theme of laughter as an integralelement of eective doctoral care!
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Medical Clowns in *ndia
%=3 Chandigarh is the rst everinstitution to adopt this concept
/very wee( )children and theirparents at the Advanced %ediatricsCentre 0A%C1 of this institute aregreeted by BMr Ha HaB and BMs He HeB
as the clown doctors are called Removed fear and made children
more comfortable at the hospital
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Conclusion
The concept of Medical Clowns canbe denitely a good step towardsimproving the physical and emotional
health of patients
Has a positive benet towards theirfamilies too
&hould be considered as a form ofcare at various institutes
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+HAN, -O.