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Dark Medical Humor: Friend or Foe?

Dr. Chapa’s Clinical Pearls.
Dr. Chapa’s Clinical Pearls.
Episode • Mar 30, 2020 • 8m
COVID-19 MEMEs are plentiful across social media platforms. Cynical medical humor has been around for decades. This phenomenon was made public in the late 1970s with a book called, “The House of God“. What does the literature say about the pros/cons of dark medical humor? Is this helpful or detrimental? And, what does dark humor have to do with “mind medicine”? We will dive into these questions in this session!