Exploring the usefulness of medical clowns in elevating satisfaction and reducing aggressive tendencies in pediatric and adult hospital wards

• Main Authors: Dorit Efrat-Triester (Author), Daniel Altman (Author), Enav Friedmann (Author), Dalit Lev-Arai Margalit (Author), Kinneret Teodorescu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Most existing research on medical clowns in health care services has investigated their usefulness mainly among child health consumers. In this research we examined multiple viewpoints of medical staff, clowns, and health consumers aiming to identify the optimal audience (adult o...