Joyful and serious intentions in the work of hospital clowns: A meta-analysis based on a 7-year research project conducted in three parts

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Linge, Lotta ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child perspective; Hospital clowns; Humor attunement; Joy without demands; Magical attachment; Meta analysis; Quality of medical care; Transitional area; Vicarious therapeutic clown figure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL CLOWNS; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; HUMOR; HUMOR ATTUNEMENT; JOY WITHOUT DEMANDS; MAGICAL ATTACHMENT; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PLAY THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF MEDICAL CARE; SWEDEN; TRANSITIONAL AREA; VICARIOUS THERAPEUTIC CLOWN FIGURE;

CHILD PERSPECTIVE; HOSPITAL CLOWNS; HUMOR ATTUNEMENT; JOY WITHOUT DEMANDS; MAGICAL ATTACHMENT; META-ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF MEDICAL CARE; TRANSITIONAL AREA; VICARIOUS THERAPEUTIC CLOWN FIGURE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PARENTS; PLAY THERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875642570     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v8i0.18907     Document Type: Article

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