"Wit and Humor as Topic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The faculty of expressing the amusing, clever, or comical or the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
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D014925
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| MeSH Number(s) |
K01.517.946
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wit and Humor as Topic" by people in Profiles.
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Survivability with a topsy-turvy olfaction/respiration organ. Singapore Med J. 2006 Aug; 47(8):736.
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Cadet basic training: an ethnographic study of stress and coping. Mil Med. 2000 Feb; 165(2):147-52.
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Shining through: the humor and individuality of persons with Alzheimer's disease. J Gerontol Nurs. 1995 Mar; 21(3):11-6.
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What is the impact of the use of humor as a coping strategy by nurses working in geropsychiatric settings? J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 1991 Jul; 29(7):41-3.