I do love Robin Williams as an actor, but this story is truly inspiring ... Ever watched the movie Patch Adams, or read the book Gesundheit! ... this holiday I did both ... truly inspiring ...  

Here we see a really good 'living' example of how in the strive for perfection in medical science, in the persona and power of what is a 'doctor' and the expected objectivity of doctor-patient relations that is indoctrinated into students early in their careers, we can lose sight of whats real and what really matters ... is it the doctors, the advancement of medical science, the rules and procedures that are followed or how the patients feel ... 

Based on the true story of Hunter Campbell "Patch" Adams this story shows how one man went against rules, regulations of a system conditioned over hundreds of years of command and control to bring compassion, creativity, fun, and laughter into the US medical system ... to put people's needs at the centre of medicine and not the cartisian mechanistic perspective of medical science that continues to dominate .... a system of rigidity, rules, procedures, hierarcy and power ... 
 
... this story celebrates the triumph of spirited individualism of a physician who understands that wholeness means incorporating every aspect of the human experience, including love, laughter and compassion ... 

Read more about Patch Adams and the Gesundheit! Institute ...
http://www.patchadams.org/

kp.

p.s.... another good read for those interested in living systems is .... 'the web of life' by Fritjof Capra .... captivating and vibrant in its discussion of the debates over the last 25-30 years about the evolution and organisation of living systems ... 
http://www.amazon.com/Web-Life-Scientific-Understanding-Systems/dp/0385476760