Patch Adams in the 1998 Film Review

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Also, Dr. Adams addresses each of his patients by name as a way of becoming their personal friend and confidant as opposed to most doctors simply noticing the room number and not caring about the name of the person he/she is treating. In addition, Dr. Adams is a very careful listener who pays very close attention to what his patients are saying about no only their illnesses but also their own personal lives.

Unfortunately, the chaos presented in Patch Adams does occur in reality, perhaps not as much as it did in the past but it is still present. One reason for the decrease in this chaos has much to do with on-going efforts in today's health care system to create better relationships between doctors, nurses and their patients, especially when health care professionals like Patch

Adams who incidentally is based upon a real-life physician, attempts to "buck the system" as a non-conformist ("Patch Adams," IMDB, Internet) so that his patients are not treated like real human beings rather than as a number.


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"Patch Adams." Film Synopsis. IMDB. 1998. Internet. Retrieved June 21, 2009 from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129290/plotsummary.

"Patch Adams Story." Universal Studios. 1999. Internet. Retrieved June 21, 2009 from http://www.patchadams.com/story.html......

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