Resumen

VILLAN GAONA, JORGE LUCIANO; GAONA ORDONEZ, CIELO ESPERANZA  y  CARRERO GUTIERREZ, ZULI ADRIANA. LAUGHTER THERAPY: A COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY TO WESTERN MEDICINE. Rev. Med [online]. 2018, vol.26, n.2, pp.36-43.  Epub 01-Dic-2018. ISSN 0121-5256.

Disease and hospitalization are stressful factors, institutions have a duty to comprehensively manage patients' health. For this there are multiple complementary therapies such as laughter therapy. These are based on humor for health promotion and are responsible for entertaining people, bringing smiles where usually there is discontent. Its benefits are multiple and its contraindications are few, which makes it a cost-effective strategy to improve life quality during hospitalization. This article, aims not only to show the most relevant issues in laughter therapy, but also to motivate research, as well as to create awareness among readers of the importance of supporting this new boom.

Palabras clave : laughter therapy; stress; hospitalization; chronic diseases; therapy.

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