Article archive / March 1, 2015
Originally published: . Volume 6, No. 3. Source pages: 14.
April 24-25 in Shreveport Red River Institute Hosts Dr. Patch Adams for Spring Conference
The Red River Institute will host Dr. Patch Adams at its 2015 Spring Conference, to be held April 24 and 25 in Shreveport. The theme for the conference is “Healing the World, One Relationship at a Time. The location is the First Methodist Church on 500 Common Street in Shreveport.
The program notes, “Patch Adams, internationally recognized activist, speaker, and author, is best known for the way he has brought healing to the world by ‘clowning’ his way into the hearts of his patients. Patch is the founder of The Gesundheit Institute, a non- profit healthcare organization that offers 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 society, and the world. The mission of the Gesundheit Institute is to reframe and reclaim the concept of ‘hospital’.”
The theme “focuses on human connectedness as a healing tool fundamental to all contemporary healing disciplines, medical and nonmedical.” Presentations will address the politics, ethics, and practice in using the human relationship systems as a necessary element in healing, note the organizers.
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