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    Clown doctor programs involve specially trained clowns visiting healthcare facilities to help patients, especially children, adapt to their surroundings and provide distraction from painful procedures. The first clown doctor program began in 1986 in New York City and such programs have since expanded globally, now operating in many countries including Australia, New Zealand, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and others. Clown doctors aim to meet the psycho-social needs of pediatric patients but in some hospitals also visit adults.

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    Clown doctor programs involve specially trained clowns visiting healthcare facilities to help patients, especially children, adapt to their surroundings and provide distraction from painful procedures. The first clown doctor program began in 1986 in New York City and such programs have since expanded globally, now operating in many countries including Australia, New Zealand, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and others. Clown doctors aim to meet the psycho-social needs of pediatric patients but in some hospitals also visit adults.

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    Clown doctor programs involve specially trained clowns visiting healthcare facilities to help patients, especially children, adapt to their surroundings and provide distraction from painful procedures. The first clown doctor program began in 1986 in New York City and such programs have since expanded globally, now operating in many countries including Australia, New Zealand, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and others. Clown doctors aim to meet the psycho-social needs of pediatric patients but in some hospitals also visit adults.

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    Is a program in health care facilities involving visits from specially trained clowns.
     
    They are colloquially called "clown doctors" which is a trademarked name in several
    countries.

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    PROFESSIONAL CLOWN DOCTORS BEGAN

    Working in hospitals in 1986 under a program called the Big Apple Circus Clown Care
    Unit, which was started by Michael Christensen in New York City.

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    CLOWN DOCTOR PROGRAMS NOW OPERATE IN

    Every state in :
    Australia//and all over Europe
    New Zealand//the United States
    the United Kingdom// Canada
    Israel//South Africa
    Hong Kong//Brazil
    Belarus//Taiwan
    some parts of India

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    CLOWN DOCTORS ATTEND SPECIFICALLY

    To the psycho-social needs of the hospitalized child but in some hospitals they also
    visit adults.

    They parody the hospital routine to help children adapt to their


    surroundings, they also distract from and demystify painful or frightening procedures.

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