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Suffering In Medical Contexts: Laughter, Humor, And The Medical Carnivalesque, Lisa Gabbert
Suffering In Medical Contexts: Laughter, Humor, And The Medical Carnivalesque, Lisa Gabbert
English Faculty Publications
This article argues that a primary context for medical humor is a culture of suffering that permeates the medical profession and suggests that this laughter–suffering connection is part of a broader phenomenon called the medical carnivalesque that is found in medical culture.