Treating Wellness: How Clown Doctors Help to Humanize Health Care and Promote Good Health

At the Interface: Probing the Boundaries

Volumn 11, Issue , 2004, Pages 201-216

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EID: 85167693952     PISSN: 15707113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/9789004494893_014     Document Type: Chapter

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