The Art of Nursing: A Collection of Nursing Cartoons. Carl Elbing
Jr. Bandido Books. 2001.
The Best of Medical Humor: A Collection of Articles, Essays, Poetry,
and Letters Published in the Medical Literature. Edited by Howard
J. Bennett, MD. Hanley & Belfus. 1997.
The Best of Nursing Humor: A Collection of Articles, Essays, Poetry and
Letters Published in the Nursing Literature. Edited by Colleen Kenefick
and Amy Young. Hanley & Belfus. 1999.
Catch!: A Fishmonger's Guide to Greatness. Cindi Crother and the
crew of the world famous Pike Place Fish. Berrett-Koehler. 2004.
Compassionate Laughter: Jest for Your Health. Patty Wooten. Commune-a-key
Publishing. 1996.
Don't Get Mad, Get Funny!: A Light-Hearted Approach to Stress Management.
Leigh Anne Jasheway. Pfeifer-Hamilton. 1996.
Don't Squat With Yer Spurs On!: A Cowboy's Guide to Life. Texas
Bix Bender. Peregrine Smith Books. 1992.
Elder Rage: Or Take My Father...Please!: How to Survive Caring for
Aging Parents. Jacqueline Marcell. Impressive Press. 2001.
Fun Is Good: How to Create Joy & Passion in Your Workplace
& Career. Mike Veeck & Pete Williams. Rodale.
2005.
The Get Well Book: A Little Book of Laughs to Make You Feel A Whole
Lot Better. John McPherson. Andrews McNeel Publishing. 1998.
The Gown Opens in the Back. Richard Lawley. The Best of Times. 1996.
The Healing Power of Humor: Techniques for Getting through Loss, Setbacks,
Upsets, Disappointments, Difficulties, Trials, Tribulations, and All That
Not-So-Funny Stuff. Allen Klein. Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc. 1989.
Heart Humor and Healing. Edited by Patty Wooten. Commune-a-key
Publishing. 1994.
Health Care-Toons. Revised edition. Ed Fischer and Jeff Haebig.
Wellness Quest Books. 1990.
Health Care-toons: Cartoons and Challenges to Inspire Higher Levels
of Well-Being. First edition. Ed Fischer and Jeff Haebig. Wellness
Quest Books. 1989.
Humor and Life Stress: Antidote to Adversity. Herbert M. Lefcourt
and Rod A. Martin. Springer-Verlag. 1986.
Humor and The Health Professions: The Therapeutic Use of Humor in Health
Care. Vera M. Robinson. SLACK Incorporated. 1991.
Humor as Therapy. Dan Keller. Med-Psych Publications. 1984.
Humor at Work: The Guaranteed, Bottom-Line, Low-Cost, High-Efficiency
Guide to Success Through Humor. Esther Blumenfeld and Lynne Alpern.
Peachtree Publishers. 1994.
Humor for Healing: A Therapeutic Approach. Linda C. Harvey. Therapy
Skill Builders. 1998.
Laffirmations: 1,001 Ways to Add Humor to Your Life and Work. Joel
Goodman. Health Communications, Inc. 1995.
Laughing Nine to Five: The Quest for Humor in the Workplace. Clyde
Fahlman. 1997.
A Laughing Place: The Art and Psychology of Positive Humor in Love
and Adversity. Christian Hageseth III. Berwick Publishing Company. 1988.
Laughing Your Way to Good Health . Susan Vass. HMR Publications Group,
Inc. 1989.
The Laughter Prescription: How to Achieve Health, Happiness, and Peace
of Mind through Humor. Laurence J. Peter and Bill Dana. Ballantine.
1982.
The Light Touch: How to Use Humor for Business Success. Malcolm
L. Kushner. Simon & Schuster. 1990.
Lighten Up: Survival Skills for People Under Pressure. C.W. Metcalf
and Roma Felible. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company. 1992.
The Magic of Humor in Caregiving. James R. Sherman. Pathway Books.
1995.
Making Humor Work: Take Your Job Seriously and Yourself Lightly.
Terry L. Paulson. Crisp Publications. 1989.
Making Work Fun: Doing Business with a Sense of Humor. Ron Garland.
Shamrock Press. 1991.
Medicine Is the Best Laughter. Edited and compiled by Gideon Bosker.
Mosby. 1995.
Med'Toons. Stephen Goldberg. MedMaster. 1999.
Not Now...I'm Having a No Hair Day: Humor & Healing for People
With Cancer. Christine Clifford. Pfeifer-Hamilton. 1996.
Nursing Perspectives on Humor. Edited by Karyn Buxman and Anne
LeMoine. Power Publications. 1995.
Tales from the Bedside. John Wise. John Wise, RN, Nurse-Cartoonist,
Publisher. 1991.
301 Ways to Have Fun at Work. Dave Hemsath and Leslie Yerkes. Berrett-Koehler.
1997.
The Unofficial Nurse's Handbook. Nina Schroeder and Richard Mintzer.
Penguin Books USA Inc. 1986.
Using Humor for a Change: 101 Clever Ideas to Lighten Up the Workload.
Scott Friedman. 1990.
What's So Funny About Business? Yuppies, Bosses, and Other Capitalists.
Cartoons by Sidney Harris. William Kaufmann, Inc. 1986.
Videos
Hands On Humor For The Humor Impaired. [1 video]. Denver, CO:
National Nursing Network, 1998. 90 minutes. With: Karyn Buxman.
Note: Closing Address at the Emergency Nurses Association
1998 Scientific Assembly on September 10-13, 1998.
Synopsis: Discusses the use of humor in the workplace and at home.
The Healing Power of Humor. Featuring Allen Klein, William Fry,
Allen Funt, Vera Robinson, Patty Wooten, and Norman Cousins. An 88-minute
video program with a guide. 1989. Medical Care Development, Incorporated.
How Serious is This? With Loretta LaRoche. An 80-minute video
program. 1997. WGBH Educational Foundation.
Synopsis: LaRoche examines the irrational and exaggerated
patterns of thinking that drive us all nuts and helps us find the path
to the "joy of living."
Humor & Healing with Dr. Joyce Saltman. [1 video]. Medfield,
MA: Aquarius Productions, 2002. 20 minutes.
Synopsis: Interactional laughter consultant and lecturer
Dr. Joyce Saltman provides a laugh filled presentation and interview
on the therapeutic benefits of humor. Laugh and learn about the sciences
behind laughter and healing, how humor can be helpful even with life
threatening illnesses, and practical ways to bring enjoyment and fun
into daily living.
Humor Is Not a Luxury. With John Cleese. A 42-minute video program.
1989. Video Arts Incorporated.
Synopsis: "A sense of humor makes an organization
more competitive and open to change. If work is fun, employees will
enjoy their work and work more effectively. Humor can facilitate learning
and can change a person's attitude and behavior. It plays a role in
releasing and relieving stress, putting difficult situations into perspective
and motivating people. Humor is not a luxury, but an essential ingredient
of business life that is essential to the creative process."
Humor Prescription. With C.W. Metcalf. A 36-minute video program
with a guide. 1990. American Media Incorporated.
Note: Produced exclusively for the healthcare profession;
specifically designed to meet the needs of the health care market.
Synopsis: Humor as an attitude or perspective; how to reduce stress
and create a more positive and productive environment; humor techniques
to deal effectively with problems, difficulties, and stress.
Humor, Risk & Change. With C.W. Metcalf. A 60-minute video
program divided into three 20-minute segments with a guide. 1990. American
Media Incorporated.
Synopsis: Effective techniques for dealing with problems,
difficulties, and stress; how to reduce stress through the use of humor,
and create a more positive and productive environment. Module One: A
Humor Perspective--Overcoming Fear of Embarrassment and Failure. Module
Two: Take Yourself Lightly and Your Job Seriously--Overcoming Terminal
Professionalism. Module Three: Thriving in Change--A Developed Sense
of Joy in Being Alive.
Humor Your Stress: Jest For the Fun of It. A 60-minute video
program.1995. Kinetic Inc. With Loretta LaRoche.
Synopsis: Discusses eight steps to en-lightenment including:
finding the humor in everyday situations; learning how to stop "to-doing"
and start "tah-dahing"; learning how to walk lightly; and
finding "the bless in all the mess".
The Joy Of Stress. A 45-minute video program. 1995. WGBH Video
Productions. With Loretta LaRoche.
Synopsis: Explores the concept of stress and how it affects
your body, mind and spirit; how to use humor to break the negative and
irrational thought patterns that cause stress and reframe them into
positive, powerful and productive tools for change.
Just Liz! A 52-minute video program. 1994. Liz Curtis Higgs.
Synopsis: Humorist and author Liz Curtis Higgs weaves
stories with words of wisdom, as she looks at how we manage many different
roles in our busy lives.
Living and Laughing with Cancer: A Comedian's Journey. [1 video].
Auburn, MA: The Humor Institute, Inc, 1998. 40 minutes. With: Dave Fitzgerald.
Synopsis: This documentary is the inspiring story from
diagnosis to recovery of cancer survivor Dave Fitzgerald, USO tour comedian
and professional speaker.
Lighten Up: Developing a Sense of Joy. With C.W. Metcalf. A 37-minute
video program. 1993. American Media Incorporated. [VC 232]
Synopsis: How to look at adversity in a new light; how
to accept change to better cope with today's workforce demands; how
to avoid "terminal professionalism, and realize that business is
not a battlefield; how to use Humaerobics to deal with adversity.
Managing To Have Fun. With: Matt Weinstein. A 3 volume video program
with guide. 1997. Excellence in Training Corporation.
Contents: Part 1) Four Principles of Fun at Work; Part
2) Building a Winning Team; Part 3) Customer Service with a Smile.
Synopsis: Discusses how regular doses of fun can produce dramatic effects
in stress management, team building, customer service, and company loyalty.
A Merry Heart ... The Healing Power of Humor. With Norman Cousins,
William Fry, Allen Klein, Vera Robinson, and Patty Wooten. A 120-minute
video program with a guide. 1987. Medical Care Development Incorporated.
Parenting With Humor. With: Loretta LaRoche. A 60-minute video
program. 1994. Kinetic Inc. [VC 1380]
Synopsis: Discusses ways to incorporate more joy and
humor into parenting on a daily basis.
Same Walk, Different Streets. With Geri Jewell. A 30-minute video
program. Milt Wright & Associates. 1993.
Synopsis: Geri Jewell uses her unique comedic talent
to inspire appreciation of ability, diversity and human potential.
Stressbusters!: Ten Little Commitments to Reduce Stress. [1 video
with guide]. Cambridge, MA: Enterprise Media, 1999. 37 minutes. With:
Loretta Laroche.
Synopsis: Loretta Laroche has been an internationally
acclaimed speaker and consultant for over 20 years in the field of stress
management. She uses humor to help people learn how to cope and regain
perspective in their work and home. Behind her irreverent, unconventional
and just plain funny style, Loretta has sucessfully found a way to make
cognitive therapy (rethinking the way you think) accessible, and in
doing so, help put your life back into perspective.
Successfully Managing Your Job and Yourself. With CW Metcalf.
A 21-minute video program. 1997. Business Advantage.
Synopsis: Examines how humor is necessary to surviving
everday work tension and building healthy relationships on the job.
What's So Funny About Work? With Helen Sutton. A 65-minute video
seminar with a guide. 1995. CareerTrack.
Synopsis: Why you don't have to be funny to have humor;
fun-filled ways to create a more lively team or department; why "finding
humor" is better than telling jokes; when to make sure the joke's
on you' guidelines for appropriate and inappropriate humor; five areas
that are off-limits for humor in the workplace.
The list of resources on this page is not intended to be complete or
comprehensive. The selected resources included are representative of the
subject area covered and are an excellent starting point for further research.
Additional print and electronic information can be found by conducting
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