Our Mission
The Gesundheit! Institute is a project in holistic medical care based on the belief that one cannot separate the health of the individual from the health of the family, the community, the world, and the health care system itself.
About Patch Adams
Patch Adams is best known for his work as a medical doctor and a clown, and he is also a social activist who has devoted 30 years to changing America's health care system. He believes that laughter, joy and creativity are an integral part of the healing process.
About Gesundheit!
The institute began as a group of twenty friends, including three doctors, who moved into a six-bedroom home and called it a free hospital. The hospital was open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week for all manner of medical problems from birth to death.
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Patch's Library: Media
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The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)leads America
Annotations: A Guide to the Independent Critical Press
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Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press
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Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live In It
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The Exception to the Rules: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them
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Deadly Persuasion: Why Women and Girls Must Fight the Addictive Power of Advertising
Don't Believe It: How Lies Become News
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Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
Now They Tell Us: The American Press and Iraq
The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communications Politics in the 21st Century
Our Unfree Press: 100 Years of Radical Media Criticism
Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media
Understanding Media: The Extension of Man
Tell Me Lies: Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq
The Stories Behind America's Most Outrageous TV Show: Adventures In a TV Nation
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Censored, 2003: The Top 25 Censored Stories
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The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq
The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications
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Fraud: The Strategy Behind the Bush Lies and Why the Media Didn't Tell You