And, with the way health insurance companies and medical conglomerates and those tyrannical HMO's are these days, it's difficult for a doctor to even get to know a patient if he wanted to. We get the occasional heart attack or stroke, sure, but we ain't had a gunshot wound since Sherman went through town on his way to Savannah. I'll take them odds anyday. But, I do have to tell you that there are some doctors I know that I'd gladly shanghai and strap to theatre seats if Patch Adams was playing. It's a great movie, and it tells a story that every med student should know.
Patients come first, end of story.
Robin Williams plays Hunter Adams, a man with a dream. We first see Adams checking into a mental institution, because he's having severe suicidal thoughts. Once he's there, he begins to see that the doctors are basically going through the motions. They're going through the motions of medicine, but not paying attention to the patients at all. They know the charts and stats, but don't know the people behind the numbers.