Patch Adams

About The Author

Patch Adams, M.D., is a social revolutionary and one-man show who believes in "horse and buggy" medicine and never charges his patients a cent! In 1971, the author and a few of his colleagues founded the Gesundheit institute in Northern Virginia. During the next twelve years, they operated a home-based family medical practice and managed to treat more than 15,000 people without payment, malpractice insurance, or formal facilities. Patch Adams continues on his life mission to achieve the goal of building a fully functioning, free health care center.

Books by Patch Adams

¡Gesundheit!

Por la buena salud del individuo, el sistema médico, y la sociedad a través de servicios médicos, terapias complementarias, humor y alegría

By Patch Adams
With Maureen Mylander
La inspiradora y simpática historia sobre los intentos del doctor Patch Adams por traer atención médica gratuita al mundo y transformar la manera en que los médicos practican su profesión • Cuenta la historia del empeño del doctor Patch Adams por transformar el sistema de salud • Fue el tema de...
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Gesundheit!

Bringing Good Health to You, the Medical System, and Society through Physician Service, Complementary Therapies, Humor, and Joy

By Patch Adams
With Maureen Mylander
The inspiring and hilarious story of Patch Adams's quest to bring free health care to the world and to transform the way doctors practice medicine • Tells the story of Patch Adam's lifetime quest to transform the health care system • Released as a film from Universal Pictures, starring Robin Wi...
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