Haig R
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1988 Dec;22(4):418-22. doi: 10.3109/00048678809161351.
The social origins of laughter in homo sapiens, joking relationships and comic roles in both primitive and modern societies and reference group humour are all important to the psychiatrist in understanding the part played by humour in the social context presented by differing ethnic and social groups of patients. The use of humour by the medical profession, and particularly by the psychiatrist, is considered.
人类笑声的社会起源、原始社会和现代社会中的玩笑关系与喜剧角色以及参照群体幽默，对于精神病学家理解幽默在不同种族和社会群体的患者所呈现的社会背景中所起的作用而言都很重要。本文还探讨了医学专业人士，尤其是精神病学家对幽默的运用。
