Una alumna del CAE escribe sobre payamédicos y me acuerdo de patch adams. Busco algunas fuentes originales y encuentro dos gracias. Una, es que hay película de bollywood (Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.), que muchas son excelentes. Dos, citas impactantes:
The medical professionals are a lot more comfortable calling it "depression" than calling it "loneliness."
"Conferenza con Patch Adams a Reggio Emilia" arcoiris tv (27 March 2008)
I think my government are fascists. I feel that if we don't change from a society that worships money and power over to one that worships compassion and generosity, there is no hope for human survival this century.
As quoted in "Entrevista com o médico americano P. Adams" in Roda Viva - Entrevista (13 November 2007)
You know, it's always the same. I've clowned in 81 countries. People hunger for love, and clowning is a trick to get love close. As a clown I can do things that people are too frightened of Love to allow you to do.
As quoted in "Patch Adams and clowns spreading laughter at hospital" (2 March 2016)
Any can do it — BE RADIANT! Make the decision. I want to be an agent of change to a loving world — so I will be radiant.
As quoted in "Patch Adams and clowns spreading laughter at hospital" (2 March 2016)
I'll give you an example — in Russia most of the hospitals don't have any pain medicine, they don't have any money. So if you're with kids with cancer, they can have metastases to the bone; which some say is the worst pain a human can experience. So a mother can be in a room with a child who hasn't stopped screaming in five months. ...85% of the time I walk in there as a clown they'll stop screaming.
As quoted in "Entrevista com o médico americano P. Adams" in Roda Viva - Entrevista (13 November 2007)