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Adams went on to attend medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he challenged the rigid, impersonal nature of the healthcare system [1, 5]. He believed that a doctor should be a friend and that "treating a disease you win, you lose. You treat a person, I guarantee you, you’ll win, no matter what the outcome" [6, 9].

To Patch, the deepest "story" isn't found in a book, but in the human connection made when you look a suffering person in the eye and dare to be silly for their sake [1, 2]. Patch Adam Poem

This philosophy culminated in the founding of the in 1971—a pilot home-hospital where he and his colleagues provided free, holistic care to thousands of people for over a decade [5, 10]. His life became a "poem" of social revolution, using clowning and humor as medicinal tools to break through the isolation of illness [7, 8]. Adams went on to attend medical school at