Question for people who have watched "Patch Adams".And think that the laught is good way to treat petions.Who think that th edoctors must to be friend with their petions:-)
2006-07-14 08:50:52 · 17 answers · asked by Tsvetelina Dinkova 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Well, "Laughter is the Best Medicine" was created as a Reader'sDdigest feature after a famous magazine editor beat terminal cancer with a good attitude. That guy was Norman Cousins, who for many years was a top editor of the Saturday Evening Post - until he went to UCLA with what was considered in the 1960's incurable cancer. He was given a short time to live - and lasted more than a decade after that. He wrote a top-selling book of the name to encourage cancer patients to use laughter and a positive attitude as one of the tools in their battle.
A much-increasing number of doctors realize that attitude is as important as prescriptions when it comes to treating health. Perhaps the last major group of physicians dealing with the public (that leaves out pathologists and research doctors) who are still infamously insensitive to patients' feelings are surgeons - the "cutters" as their colleagues name them. Even this group is learning better how to deal with people.
Still, your query is whether EVERY doctor should watch the film as part of training.
i agree entirely.
2006-07-14 09:04:50 · answer #1 · answered by Der Lange 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think it is a must, but it would be & could be very inspirational. I have seen that movie a million times & there is a great message shown in it. I have never seen a doctor be so dedicated to their patients. I think more docters should be. Most of the time you get a docter & they dont even take the time to listen to what you have to say or answer any questions. I think this movie shows what good Docter care is like. If you can't cry or connect with a patient, then it is time to find a new profession.
2006-07-14 16:00:25 · answer #2 · answered by sftballgrl48328 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe doctors should befriend their patients, but they do need to be human. Beginning in June 2004, medical students must now pass a national skills test on personal interaction and communication to be eligible for licensure. This clinical skills component of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) consists of a one-day structured examination in which students will be observed interacting with 12 simulated patients. Simulated patients are laypersons trained to mimic common ailments. Students will be graded on their skills in taking a medical history, examining the patient, writing a chart note, and communicating clearly with the patient.
Introducing a national bedside exam also addresses needs beyond safety. As important as safety is, if medicine could only guarantee safety for patients without sustaining compassionate care, something precious would be lost. With advancing technical power comes an increasing need to preserve the physician’s human face. If patients are to be heard and understood, physicians must be well trained to listen and to speak with clarity and concern. While no test or clinical guideline can compel compassion, the expectation that students should pass exams that assess not only book knowledge but also people skills demonstrates how seriously the medical profession takes its responsibility to engender in its students the kind of relationship physicians ought to have with their patients. "Patch Adams" would be a good place to start!
2006-07-14 16:01:31 · answer #3 · answered by trb1967 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although I understand ofcourse that you are referring to the way some doctors are treating there patients like objects, I think those doctors wouldn't even "get" the message.
Patients have a choice too, I did!
2006-07-14 16:08:30 · answer #4 · answered by bFunk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think anyone should be forced to watch Patch Adams
2006-07-14 15:54:32 · answer #5 · answered by dje 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd rather die of cancer than go to a doctor that acted like Patch Adams.
2006-07-14 15:54:30 · answer #6 · answered by Kryzchek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you know that the medicine cures 50% of the illness, and the other 50% is cured by the mind??
My brother is a Psychiatric and he tells me that the mood of the patient is VERY IMPORTANT at any illness, so... if they are happy, if they laugh maybe sooner will be o.k.
2006-07-14 15:55:50 · answer #7 · answered by Isadora 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i will ask your question this is a good or great movie the the doctors can watch because it teach them how to be kindly and how to make the sick people friend to the doctor and they will talk and say all in their hearts that is all.
2006-07-14 15:56:38 · answer #8 · answered by mike the spike 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love that movie! It's a shame more doctors aren't like him! The best part was the gyno convention! I about died laughing!!
2006-07-14 15:55:03 · answer #9 · answered by marieandlucaspape 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might help, some probably already have. But I don't think it's necessary for all of them to watch it.
2006-07-14 15:53:23 · answer #10 · answered by 1der-wmn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋