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A look into the intervention of clowns in pediatric context: a hospital profess...
Moreira, Carmen; Esteves, Hiolanda; Caires, SusanaThis article aims to describe and understand the perceptions of 19 health professionals about the work of the "Clown Doctors" (CD) of Operação Nariz Vermelho (ONV) in the pediatric services (PS) of a Portuguese hospital. A study was developed after two and half years of collaboration between the hospital’s PS and this association of professional clowns. The staff’s perceptions were collected through semi-struct...
Vantagens da presença dos doutores palhaços no contexto hospitalar: as expectat...
Caires, Susana; Almeida, Isabel; Antunes, Conceição; Moreira, Carmen; Melo, Ana SofiaFocused on interventions that - affiliated to the hospitals’ humanization process - search for the augmentation of children’s quality of life inside the hospital, and the minimization of the negative effects of this experience on their welfare and development, special attention is given to interventions that combine art, play, and humor. Music, storytelling, magic and clowns are examples of these interventions....