The clown doctor chronicles / / by Caroline Simonds & Bernie Warren.

• Superior document: At the interface/probing the boundaries ; Volume 15
• VerfasserIn: Simonds, Caroline,; Warren, Bernie, 1953-
• TeilnehmendeR: Warren, Bernie, 1953-
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam ;, New York, New York : : Rodopi,, 2008.; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: At the interface/probing the boundaries ; Volume 15.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Clowns and Fools Come Out to Play: A Preface to the English Language Version /; Introduction /; Clowns here, are you Joking? /; Inclownito /; You arent Doctors /; Guess What We Do? /; Atmospheres /; La Mouche and Giraffe Go Exploring /; Ladies and Gentlemen, Step Right Up! /; First Dose of Osteo-humorology /; Balmy /; Three Little Words /; Still Able to Giggle /; Bobissimo /; Trust /; Clouds /; Wings and Stars /; Countless Metaphors /; Hallo, Miffter Momo! /; The Giraffe and the Dragonfly /; The Show must Go On /; Choose life! /; Our Small Tribe /; Professor Pewpew Levitates /; Chic, Another Clown Husband! /; In Like /; Cumulus /; On the High Wire /; Im Dreaming of a White Christmas /; Clippity-Clop /; April Showers for Winter Flowers /; Wheres the Sanity Claus? /; Leek in the Oncology Ward /; Let them Tears Flow /; Silent Night, Holy Night /; Swine Lake /; Tap Dancing in a Minefield /; Syncopation /; Dr. Josephine and Already 70 Guests /; I Want My Clowns Right Now! /; A Day with Coco-a-Gogo /; Rituals /; x201C;Yall Should Entertain in a Zoo! /; Pierrette, Alias Dr. Basket /; Im Back /; The Gift of Life /; Excuses /; La vie en Rose /; Dr. Dora, Dr. Sam, Dr. Balthazar and Co. /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004433562
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Caroline Simonds & Bernie Warren.

This is the first book in English to provide a close-up view of the emotional and rewarding experiences of clown-doctors working with hospitalized children. It describes the development of a new program in a pediatric hospital and all the challenges that confront clown-doctors. The book recounts work that takes place over a few months in 1999-2000. Most of the children that are described had been diagnosed with leukemia and other serious forms of cancer. They were hospitalized often and ran the risk of death. This book is a tale of love and humor and of dealing with great traumas and tragedy. It tells of the immense compassion and the amazing resilience of individuals in the most stressful and debilitating of circumstances. It is a small window looking onto what it is to be human with all our strengths and frailties and of how complete strangers can become bonded to one another through laughter and pain. The story presented here is based upon real case studies annotated with occasional commentaries to put these experiences into perspective. Above all else this book is a celebration and an homage to all the children, their parents and care-givers who have shared their lives with clown-doctors in many countries around the world. The Clown-Doctor Chronicles is written to 'speak' to people of all ages: men and women; professionals, trades people and homemakers in cities, towns and villages; for laughter and illness know no boundaries. It will be of particular interest to parents, artists in hospitals and anybody working with children (health care professionals, educators, psychologists).