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Sunday, January 11, 2009

When I Grow Up I Want To Be Like Patch Adams!

Patch Adams said...

"Is not a doctor someone who helps someone else? When did the term doctor get treated with such reverence, as "Oh, right this way, Doctor Smith." At what point in history did a doctor become more than a trust friend who visited and treated the ill?"

"A doctor's mission should be not just to prevent death but to improve the quality of life. That's why when you treat a disease, you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you win no matter what the outcome."
Today I watched Patch Adams for the umpteenth time and I cried when the lil' kids came into the hearing with their clown noses. I LOVE this movie. I knew the first time I saw it that I wanted to practice medicine in the same "treat the patient as well as the disease" way that Patch lived and breathed.
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." ~Leo Buscaglia
I ran across this quote while browsing a social services website and I whole-heartedly believe that these have the potential to heal a soul. Everyday people ask me what I want to do in life, what my post-graduation plans are. I never quite know the job title/description to give them; I want to be a lot of things: midwife, business owner, wife, mother, humanitarian, friend, doula. If I were to sum it up in one word...I want to be love.


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