"Parade" magazine,Jan.17, 2010 page 25:
Research has confirmed the role of laughter in healing. A study in "Padiatric Anesthesia" reported that using medical clowns for children undergoing surgery can significantly alleviate pre-operative anxiety when compared with no intervention, and is better than or similar to sedation medication.
Clown Doctors, as they are sometimes known, operate around the world, including the U.K., Canada and Australia. In the US., the Big Apple Circus has helped train and place clown doctors in more than 18 facilities nationwide.
Perhaps such role would be useful in China as well.
Cf. my past blogs about "laugh a lot and smile at life." to live to be centenarians.
Francis Shieh aka Xie Shihao on January 17, 2010 at 6.56 p.m.
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