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Effects of Laughter on Patients and Caregiver
Laughter can be a powerful therapy for most patients and the caregivers. There are many benefits from the effects of humor and laughter on the body, mind, and spirit; the patient during recovery from illness; and the health professional during delivery of care. Most experienced caregivers have discovered that attention to only the physical body during treatment will render a partia ....
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.... feel anger and frustration when a patient rejects care or is noncompliant with treatment. They may feel grief when patients die or families mourn. Caregivers are at risk physically too (e.g., exhaustion from long shifts with inadequate staffing, exposure to infectious organisms and physical abuse from combative patients.) Ability to see the humor in a situation and to laugh freely with coworkers can be an effective way to take care of the body, mind and s ....
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