Gesundheit!

"This book is a must for Everyone. Read it and see. It may make you change your life.

We were so taken with the concepts in the book that we have taken, nearly all of these ideals and intergrated them into our own Wellness programme. It is not the same as the Gesundheit model, as we work in a different area to Patch and no 2 bodies can ever be alike. Patch has 20 years head start on us in finding his way, we are just starting out on the journey.

Patch Adams has created a set ideals that we should all live by. You may not feel comfortable with the way he and those at Geshundheit choose to express them but the underlying principles are valid and extremely revloutionary which is why some people may feel unsettled by the book.

Patch says that is is better to give than to always take. We as a society are used to taking and when someone comes along and tells us the opposite, then we may begin to feel unsettled, even if thier is a powerful truth in what is being said.

You may find some of the ideas and ideals expressed as some reviewers put it very 'woodstockish', this could put you off. The point of the book is not the lovey woodstocky ideals, this is the way that Patch and Gesundheit have chosen to express these ideals. Patch is saying we must find our own gesundheit, our own way of having fun, being creative but caring for the world we live in.

Patch is so true when he says we need more postive images in the media that enhance postive thinking, respect, love and creativity for ourselves and those we interact with.

READ IT AND SEE."
~ Written on 2002-10-24

"As someone with absolutely no connection with the medical profession I was fascinated - even inspired - by the film of Patch Adams. The book gives a lot more insight into the thinking and philosophy behind the man. Despite what others seem to think of as 60's woodstock stuff, every thing the guy says rings true. Society has a lot to learn from this man, not just the medical profession. Friendship, family, community, trust, fun, ... it makes you wonder where we lost it along the way. If these things make you a hippy, count me in - they make life work. I'd have Patch as my doctor any day over some mechanistic presciptive doctor who doesn't CARE about ME. Read the book, apply the principles, reap the benefits ... life just becomes more FUN!"
~ Written on 2000-08-20

"READ THE BOOK, WATCH THE MOVIE AND THEN TRY THIS SIMPLE TEST ;

on a day when you have pain, place yourself into a situation that you know will make you earnestly laugh AND THEN TRY TO FEEL THE PAIN WHEN YOUR LAUGHING...Patch Adams has the right idea."
~ Written on 1999-08-01

"This book is a must-read for all aspiring (and current) Health Care Professionals. If you don't agree with his political views, you hafta LOVE his methods of patient relations. If all Health professionals would take his methods to heart, we could put the "care" back into healthcare."
~ Written on 1999-02-18

"Except for a brief introduction, this is not the "hilarious story of Patch Adams" as the synopsis says. It is a long commentary on the benefits of communal living and of caring medical treatment. How many ways can you say "care about your patients"? I found it repetative uninteresting after a short time. **** This is my second submittal. Are you going to post it?? ****"
~ Written on 1999-02-02