New Perspectives on Medical Clowning

Taking the recent coronavirus pandemic as a starting point, this book presents and analyzes new research around medical clowning in hospitals, from social media use to the impact on the hospitalized child in later life.

Amnon Raviv earned his PhD in medical clowning. He is a clown doctor in hospitals as part of the Dream Doctors project. Amnon Raviv is a Researcher and Lecturer at Ben Gurion University. He is a philosopher, musician, director, and actor.

1- Humor, consciousness, and anxiety 2- The birth of a new profession 3 - Medical clowning during Covid 4- Medical clowning in wartime 5- Qualitative research on clowning in pediatrics units 6- Clowning around with cancer online: The impact of social media on the interaction between the medical clown and oncology patients 7- Medical clowning and music in the wards for chronic and serious illnesses 8- Rethinking the training of medical clowns and the basics of the profession