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Patty Wooten presents ...  
JNJ Humor Articles
Patty Wooten wrote a regular feature called "Jest for the Health of It!" in the Journal of Nursing Jocularity which featured articles about the use of therapeutic humor and published interviews with experts in the field of psychoneuroimmunology. Below is a complete list of all those articles.
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Introduction:
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Overview of health benefits of humor.
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How to Improve Patient Smileage:
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Tips for using humor with patients.
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Physiological Effects of Laughter:
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Research on Pyschoneuroimmunology.
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Creating a Comedy Cart:
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What it is and how one hospital implemented it.
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An Interview with Tom Jackson:
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How one nurse cartoonist captures the funny side of the hospital experience.
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Does a Humor Workshop Affect Nurse Burnout?:
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Patty's research.
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Send in the Clowns! Part 1:
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The history of Caring Clowns.
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Send in the Clowns! Part 2:
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Activities and routines.
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Board Certified Therapeutic Humorist?:
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All about AATH.
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Physician, Tickle Thy Comrade:
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Four doctors creating humor.
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Making Humor Work:
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Results of the earlier humor study.
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Keep 'Em in Stitches:
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Robin Walters and her clown program.
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Interview with William Fry, Jr., MD:
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"The grandaddy of laughter research."
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Interview with Annete Goodheart, PhD:
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The "Laughter Therapist" looks at PNI.
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Interview with Vera Robinson, EdD, RN:
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A pioneer in the field of humor and nursing.
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An Interview with Sandy Ritz:
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Discussion of her doctoral dissertation on surviviors of disaster and humor.
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Finding Comedy in Chaos:
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Real life use of therapeutic humor at the AATH conference.
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Humor Cart for Cancer Patients:
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An interview with Terry Bennett.
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Gilda's Club:
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An interview with Joanna Bull, founder.
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An Interview with Paul McGhee:
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Discussion of his research and the Humor Movement.
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An Interview with Bob Diskin of Too Live Nurse:
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The history of the musical group and their ACLS review tape.
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Humor Therapy Group:
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An interview with Pamela Minden, MSN.
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An Interview with Don Marquis:
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Retired Hospital Administrator and cartoonist.
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Clowning Around:
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A hospital with a "Clown Care Unit" and training program for those interested.
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An Interview with the Nursing Notes:
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"Health and Humor Through Harmony" with this nursing barbershop quartet.
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Psychoneuroimmunology of Laughter:
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An interview with Lee Berk, Dr.PH.
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Interview with Cancer Survivor Christine Clifford
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Cancer survivor and entrepreneur.
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Hospital Clown Newsletter: Interview with Shobi Dobi
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The editor of Hospital Clown Newsletter.
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The Get Well Book: Interview with John McPherson
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Syndicated cartoonist.
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Interview with Humor Therapist Judy Goldblum-Carleton
- Full time humor therapist.
Besides writing this column for them, Patty was also a contributing editor for the Journal of Nursing Jocularity, which ceased publication upon the death of its publisher Doug Fletcher in 1998.
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