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SYDNEY, NSW /
ABC News / Life Matters / April 19, 2010
By Jackie May
Clown doctors are now just as common in the wards of some children's hospitals as their 'real' white-coated colleagues.
Their job is to distract the patients and help the days pass just that little bit easier for the adults around them.
Jean-Paul Bell is one of Australia's best known clown doctors, he's a co-founder of the not-for profit Humour Foundation.
He's currently working on a medical trial to extend his laughter therapy to elderly patients with dementia and has also co-written a book called
Laughter is the best medicine.
Humour Foundation's Dr. Doctor and Dr. Nose and friends at a Melbourne hospital, April 1, 2010 [
rc]
© 2010 ABC
Clown doctors are now just as common in the wards of some children's hospitals as their 'real' white-coated colleagues.
Their job is to distract the patients and help the days pass just that little bit easier for the adults around them.
Jean-Paul Bell is one of Australia's best known clown doctors, he's a co-founder of the not-for profit Humour Foundation.
He's currently working on a medical trial to extend his laughter therapy to elderly patients with dementia and has also co-written a book called Laughter is the best medicine.
Humour Foundation's Dr. Doctor and Dr. Nose and friends at a Melbourne hospital, April 1, 2010 [rc]
© 2010 ABC
