Women and Humor

Gillooly, Eileen; Walker, Nancy A.; Dresner, Zita; Barreca, Regina; Lang, Candace; Morris, Linda A.

doi:10.2307/3178286

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“…Too much should not be made of the relation of humor or laughter to the gender of these patients. Although some authors argue for different kinds of humor between men and women, my study size is far too small to support the claim that all men or women, or even any other men or women, follow the same patterns of humor used by these two patients (6).…”

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Humor in the doctor-patient relationship.

Squier¹

1995

Family Systems Medicine

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Although humor is an integral part of human existence, its use in the doctorpatient relationship has not been studied extensively. Previous research has concluded that laughter between doctors and patients is asymmetrical, and that it serves to accentuate social distance. In a brief study of interactions between the author and two patients, abundant evidence of humor, with or without laughter, was found. This humor was varied and complex, and served to reinforce a sense of equality between physician and patient, to build a relationship between them, and to represent a sense of control and healing for the patient. Moreover, the humor did not detract from the patients’ perceptions of competent and professional medical care.

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