In the moviePatch Adams with Robin Williams, what are some postivie and negative healthcare issues?

Question

What are some positive and negative healthcare issues in the movie Patch Adams?

Answer 1

Patch Adams is an unconventional medical student who clashes with the near-sighted hospital administrators when he begins to advocate the use of comedy as a treatment for the terminally ill children in his care. With his penchant for incredibly loud shirts and shiny red noses, Patch never says that laughter will ever cure his patients, but firmly believes in the power of a smile to raise the spirits and add to the quality of life of everyone around him - however long, or short, those lives may be.
He also advocated music and dance to raise their spirits, and aid in their over-all healing.
In Patch's opinion, aspiring doctors are encouraged to distance themselves emotionally from patients. He becomes committed to finding a way to better incorporate compassion and empathy to the healing process, as well as laughter. Robins told his fellow doctor that, "You suck at it!"
Another thing that Robin Williams joked with a patient about was lack of health insurance to cover his expenses.

The Gesundheit! Hospital Project --
The Gesundheit Hospital started in the 1970s with a pilot project that is described in Gesundheit! by Patch Adams, M.D., and was the basis for a motion picture. The Gesundheit Hospital is a proposal for a forty-bed rural community hospital in West Virginia. This hospital will be a model health care system aimed at changing society. "Humanitarian Clown Trips" is one of many features that this hospital will provide for. Humanitarian clowning involves taking clowns to hospitals, prisons--even refugee camps and war zones--to bring food, medicine and hope.

Answer 2

The main problem is that doctors are cold and unsympathetic to the patient's feelings but the secondary problem is that hospitals often tend to ignore patients without insurance.

Answer 3

Don't think this is history.
Lousy movie, and book BTW