Machine generated contents note: The Manifesto of the Order of the Red Nose -- ch. One Still the Best Medicine, Even in a War Zone -- My Work as a Medical Clown -- ch. Two Clowning to Death -- My Work as a Medical Clown with Terminally Ill Patients -- ch. Three The Healing Performance -- The Medical Clown as Compared to African !Kung and Azande Ritual Healers -- ch. Four The Clown's Carnival in the Hospital -- A Semiotic Analysis of the Medical Clown's Performance -- ch. Five On a Training and Evaluation Model for Medical Clowns -- ch. Six Nurse-Physician-Medical Clown -- A Model for Improved Teamwork in Medical Procedures in Pediatric Units -- ch. Seven Medical Clowns Tell Their Remarkable Stories -- ch. Eight "Oh Yeah, about Those Clowns" -- Physicians, Nurses, and Other Medical Care Personnel -- Talk about the Medical Clowns -- ch. Nine Patients Fight for "Their" Medical Clown -- ch. Ten Clowning with the "Enemy" -- Medical Clowning in Natural Disasters and Conflict Zones

Note continued: ch. Eleven Save the Clown! -- The Clown Doctor and Compassion Fatigue -- ch. Twelve Humor in the "Twilight Zone" -- My Work as a Medical Clown with Patients with Dementia -- ch. Thirteen The Future of Medical Clowning -- Epilogue: Prof. Doctor's Story -- An Auto-ethnographic Monologue of a Medical Clown Working with the Terminally Ill.