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"Gesundheit" Patch Adams Hands Signed Book Clinic Used Clown Nose. " Patch " Adams (born May 28, 1945) is an American. Each year he organizes volunteers from around the world to travel to various countries where. To bring humor to orphans, patients, and other people.

Adams is currently based in. In collaboration with the institute, he promotes an alternative health care model not funded by. The son of Anna Campbell Stewart (née Hunter) and Robert Loughridge Adams. His maternal grandfather, Thomas Lomax Hunter, was a. Died while stationed in Germany when Adams was only 16.

Adams has stated that upon his return he encountered institutional injustice which made him a target for. As a result, Adams was unhappy and became actively. After a third hospitalization in one year he decided you don't kill yourself, stupid; you make revolution. After graduating in 1963 from.

Adams completed pre-med coursework at. He began medical school without an undergraduate degree, and earned his. In the late 1960s one of his closest friends a man, not a woman as depicted in. Convinced of the powerful connection between.

He believes the health of an individual cannot be separated from the health of the family, community, and the world. While working in an adolescent clinic at. In his final year of med school, he met Linda Edquist, a fellow VCU student who volunteered in the clinic. Adams and Edquist married in 1975 and had two sons, Atomic Zagnut "Zag" Adams and Lars Zig Edquist Adams; they divorced in 1998. Soon after graduation, Patch, Linda, and friends founded the Gesundheit!

Institute (originally known to many as the Zanies), which ran as a free community hospital from 1971 to 1984. Institute, envisioned as a free, full-scale hospital and health care. Is planned on 316 acres (128 ha) in. Its goal is to integrate a traditional hospital with.

With the organization developing educational programs in sustainable. Targeted to medical students and the general public.

Since the 1990s Adams has supported the. (IHA), founded as the Ithaca Health Fund (IHF) by. In January 2006 IHA launched the Ithaca Free Clinic, bringing to life key aspects of Adams' vision.

Adams has also given strong praise to. Glover's book written and published the same year. In October 2007, Adams and the Gesundheit! The Center and Clinic will enable Gesundheit!

To see patients and teach health care design. Adams urges medical students to develop compassionate connections with their patients. His prescription for this kind of care relies on humor and play, which he sees as essential to physical and emotional health. Ultimately, Adams wants the Gesundheit!

Institute to open a 40-bed hospital in rural West Virginia that offers free. To anyone who wants it. Adams was awarded the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award on January 29, 1997. In 2008, Adams agreed to become honorary chair of the "International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment" or IAACM. A nonprofit coalition that Gesundheit!

Belongs to as a sponsor group, launched the IAACM to support "creative maladjustment" and social change. Adams still leads trips to cheer kids up all over the world. He also teaches at one session of.