"This book examines on applied and therapeutic humor. It covers topics ranging from propriety, effectiveness, perception, and cultural variables"--.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Book Series
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgment
• Chapter 1: You Dropped Your Butter
• Chapter 2: Response: “You Dropped Your Butter” – Laughing the Pain Away: The Cathartic Value of Relief Humor in Health Communication
• Chapter 3: Infusions and Explosions
• Chapter 4: Response: “Infusions and Explosions: Reframing Through Belly Laughter”
• Chapter 5: A Unit of Blood and a Pinch of Humor
• Chapter 6: Response: “A Unit of Blood and a Pinch of Humor”
• Chapter 7: A Trip to the “Filling” Station
• Chapter 8: Response: “A Trip to the ‘Filling' Station”
• Chapter 9: Humor in Family Therapy
• Chapter 10: Response: “Humor in Family Therapy”
• Chapter 11: Outside the Inside Humor
• Chapter 12: Response: “Outside the Inside Humor: Mixed Messages for Medical Spouses”
• Chapter 13: Party in the Front
• Chapter 14: Response: Building Resilience Through Humor - Positive Impact on Stress Coping and Health: "Party in the Front"
• Chapter 15: RIP 2855
• Chapter 16: Response: “RIP 2855”
• Chapter 17: “Your Doctor is Right”
• Chapter 18: Response: “‘Your Doctor is Right': Using Humor to Manage Uncertainty With Unknown Illness”
• Chapter 19: Just Kidding!
• Chapter 20: Response: “Just Kidding!”
• Chapter 21: India Is in Asia?
• Chapter 22: Response: “India Is in Asia?”
• Chapter 23: But Why Were You in a Bar Fight?
• Chapter 24: Response: “But Why Were You in a Bar Fight?”
• Chapter 25: Humor and Mental Health Therapy
• Chapter 26: Response: “Humor and Mental Health Therapy”
• Chapter 27: “Just Counting the Threads!”
• Chapter 28: Response: “‘Just Counting the Threads!'”
• Chapter 29: A Prescription for Humor
• Chapter 30: Response: “A Prescription for Humor”
• Chapter 31: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
• Chapter 32: Response: “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: A Humorous Strategy to Help De-Escalate and Terminate the Patient/Provider Relationship”
• Chapter 33: “So, You're Not a Witch?”
• Chapter 34: Response: “‘So, You're Not a Witch?'”
• Chapter 35: “I Have Abs!?”
• Chapter 36: Response: “‘I Have Abs!?'”
• Chapter 37: Four-Thirty on a Friday
• Chapter 38: Response: “Four-Thirty on a Friday”
• Chapter 39: “A Ph.D. Doesn't Count!”
• Chapter 40: Response: “‘A Ph.D. Doesn't Count!'”
• Afterword
• Compilation of References
• About the Contributors
• Index