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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, M. D.
Arte Johnson
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In authenticity is our modern form of plague: it kills life. At time when the power of technology makes possible undreamed- of interventions in the diseases of mankind, the very relationship between doctor and patients has become a battleground. Meet Hunter D. "Patch" Adams, M. D. , the Clown. A social revolutionary and the one-man show who believes in 'horse and buggy" medicine and never charges his patients, his medical career has been devoted to giving away health care one of the most expensive things in America for free. In 1971, Adams and a few colleagues founded the Gesundheit Institute, a forty-bed free hospital on 310 acres in a medically under-served area in northern West Virginia, utilizing an "unorthodox" approach to medicine: laughter, humor, the philosophy of listening, not just hearing, and doctor and patient as intimate, respecting partners. During the next twelve years they operated a home-base family medical practice, open to "anyone from anywhere" treating more than 15, 000 people without payment, malpractice insurance, or formal facilities.

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    April 17, 2007

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      • File size: 197552 KB
      • Duration: 06:51:33

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      When I think of Arte Johnson, I recall "Very interesting--but stupid," his trademark punchline from his days on "Laugh-In." With his narration of GESUNDHEIT!, Johnson demonstrates his expertise reading audiobooks. GESUNDHEIT! is the memoir of Patch Adams, M.D., the founder of the Gesundheit Institute, a free hospital dedicated to caring for patients as people, not just collections of symptoms. Robin Williams played the title role in the movie, PATCH ADAMS, and it's clear that a comedic mind fits in with Adams's unique form of compassionate medicine. Johnson's narration is top-notch. His style brings the book to life. The reader gets the feel of Adams's life, his dreams, and his wonderful perspective that patients should be treated not only with medicine, but with laughter, concern, and respect. This is a superb audiobook, and Johnson's masterful narration is very interesting and definitely not stupid. D.J.S. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine

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