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Movie: At the end of the movie a message is displayed across the screen that implies that PatchвЂ™s Gesundheit! Institute/Hospital has already been finished, and is currently in full swing.

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Patch was given the nickname the patient that he befriended felt that Patch вЂњpatched upвЂќ the loneliness in his life, hence the name Patch. However, Patch has explained that the scene did not play out as it did in the movie. Reality: Patch was in fact given this nickname by a fellow patient at the psychiatric hospital that he befriended. Movie: Patch (real name, Hunter) was given the nickname вЂњPatchвЂќ by a fellow patient at the psychiatric hospital that he befriends after patching his faulty coffee cup. The main difference was that the person killed was PatchвЂ™s MALE best friend! Patch briefly discussed this topic at the conference/seminar I attended, and mentioned that if his friend (sadly the name of PatchвЂ™s friend escapes me) was still alive he would have gotten quite a laugh out of the fact that his character had been вЂњadaptedвЂќ to film to be PatchвЂ™s female love interest! This situation of the psychiatric patient killing PatchвЂ™s girlfriend was actually based on a real event. The character Corinne was loosely based on PatchвЂ™s 1 st wife Lynda, who Patch did meet while he was in medical school (the scene with the room full of balloons is based on a real life date that Patch set up for himself and Lynda), but their relationship was quite different that that portrayed in the film.

Movie: PatchвЂ™s girlfriend (Corinne Fisher played by actress Monica Potter) was murdered by a psychiatric patient. Consequently, the writers of the movie simply changed the sequence of events so that Patch was in his late teens when he admitted himself to the psychiatric hospital. At the conference/seminar I attended, Patch stated that Robin Williams was in his 40вЂ™s when he did the movie, so it was a bit difficult to reverse age Mr. Reality: Patch did in fact check himself into a psychiatric hospital, but he was actually around 17 when this happened. It was at this point that Patch checked himself into a psychiatric hospital for assessment and treatment. Movie: Patch, as an adult in his late 30вЂ™s to early 40вЂ™s, had a nervous breakdown and was contemplating suicide. The information from that conference/seminar along with my own research serves as the вЂњrealityвЂќ some of the вЂњmovie fictionвЂќ put forth by the makers of the film. At this conference/seminar Patch discussed many different topics, including a short FAQ regarding the movie вЂњPatch AdamsвЂќ.

I have read both of PatchвЂ™s books and had the absolute pleasure of meeting him in person at one of his conferences/seminars a number of years ago.

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In 1998 a movie was made about Patch Adams (starting Robin Williams as Patch), titledвЂ¦Patch Adams.ДЄccording to Patch he had attempt to persuade the powers that be to name the film Gesundheit! (after his planned free hospital/clinic) but this idea was rejected for a variety of different reasons. PatchвЂ™s вЂњalternativeвЂќ approach to medicine is largely based in his use of humour and clowning in the clinical setting, as well as the concept of free + equal healthcare for all (a concept that many of us here in Canada, take for granted, as individuals living in other parts of the world, such as the USA, do not have access to free healthcare). I know what you are thinkingвЂ¦did the Skeptical Samurai just endorse an вЂњalternative medicineвЂќ healthcare practitioner!? Fear not dear reader, as this is not the case. Hunter вЂњPatchвЂќ Adams is an American physician known for his alternative approach to вЂњtraditionalвЂќ medicine. The Skeptical SamuraiвЂ™s Guide to the Movies!

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