The article¬–“Humor In The Physician-Patient Encounter”–features three Medical Doctors. Board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology with a specialty in hepatology and clinical nutrition, Dr. Jeffery T. Emeritus Professor of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University, Dr. Jack Coulehan. Lastly, the final member of the Trinity in the Archives of Internal Medicine, Associate Professor in Medical Education-Medical Humanities and Bioethics at Stony Brook University, Dr. Catherine Belling. The authors hone in on gallows humor in relation to the physician-patient encounter. They illustrate that doctors face a myriad of physically and emotionally taxing situations in their training to become a physician. This surplus of stress coupled
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D. Medical Humanities program at the University of Texas. In her article–“Last Laughs: Gallows Humor And Medical Education”–Piemonte argues the effect of backstage gallows humor on defining perceptions of being a doctor and how it is illustrative of larger problems such as not fully grasping the intricacies of death, disease, and pain. Piemonte does not, however, push an argument of whether or not this form of humor is appropriate or useful. Instead, she ponders upon why medical practitioners feel that it is necessary to engage in such acts of dark comedic relief. The author also defines gallows humor as a natural method of processing and dealing with overwhelming feelings of inadequacy and frailty. In conclusion, while this form of humor was born out of a need for expression for topics not easily spoken about, physicians should feel free to discuss the dark roads that their profession may lead them upon without relying on a safety net woven with flippant humor to break their heavy fall and relive their significant …show more content…
Joan Sayre, a graduate of the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing and the Hunter College of the City University of New York, places an emphasis on the rhetorical value of the research. Dr. Sayre honed in her study to evaluate the use of aberrant, deviant, comedy regarding its use by medical practitioners to address the essential process that jokes possess in medical practices. The research provided the foundation for medical professionals to grasp a pure understanding that joking, while typically sarcastic and benevolent in its nature, can be detrimental to the recovery and therapy of their patients. Furthermore, Dr. Sayre uses the example of a physician making a joke at the personal expense of their patient. The intent, however, was not malicious. Nor was the effect the joke engendered. Instead, Sayre highlights that although gallows humor may seem superficially inappropriate, it has a significant role to play in the physician-patient relationship. In conclusion, Sayre believes that gallows humor, a type of levity, allows the medical professional to emotionally detach from the stressful and grave situation at hand, and to help promote social management of
D. Medical Humanities program at the University of Texas. In her article–“Last Laughs: Gallows Humor And Medical Education”–Piemonte argues the effect of backstage gallows humor on defining perceptions of being a doctor and how it is illustrative of larger problems such as not fully grasping the intricacies of death, disease, and pain. Piemonte does not, however, push an argument of whether or not this form of humor is appropriate or useful. Instead, she ponders upon why medical practitioners feel that it is necessary to engage in such acts of dark comedic relief. The author also defines gallows humor as a natural method of processing and dealing with overwhelming feelings of inadequacy and frailty. In conclusion, while this form of humor was born out of a need for expression for topics not easily spoken about, physicians should feel free to discuss the dark roads that their profession may lead them upon without relying on a safety net woven with flippant humor to break their heavy fall and relive their significant …show more content…
Joan Sayre, a graduate of the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing and the Hunter College of the City University of New York, places an emphasis on the rhetorical value of the research. Dr. Sayre honed in her study to evaluate the use of aberrant, deviant, comedy regarding its use by medical practitioners to address the essential process that jokes possess in medical practices. The research provided the foundation for medical professionals to grasp a pure understanding that joking, while typically sarcastic and benevolent in its nature, can be detrimental to the recovery and therapy of their patients. Furthermore, Dr. Sayre uses the example of a physician making a joke at the personal expense of their patient. The intent, however, was not malicious. Nor was the effect the joke engendered. Instead, Sayre highlights that although gallows humor may seem superficially inappropriate, it has a significant role to play in the physician-patient relationship. In conclusion, Sayre believes that gallows humor, a type of levity, allows the medical professional to emotionally detach from the stressful and grave situation at hand, and to help promote social management of