Editing Patch Adams (section)

==In media==
[[File:Patch Adams with Nechama Rivlin.jpg|thumb|Adams with [[Nechama Rivlin]] in Award Ceremony of the Danielle Prize Healing with a Heart in April 2017]]
The 1998 film ''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]'' was based on Adams's life and his views on medicine. Adams has heavily criticized the film, saying it eschewed an accurate representation of his beliefs in favor of commercial viability. He said that out of all aspects of his life and activism, the film portrayed him merely as a funny doctor.<ref name="chasing">{{cite web|url=http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/patchadams.php|title=Real Patch Adams – Movie True Story|work=Chasingthefrog.com|date=January 2, 2012}}</ref> Patch Adams also said of [[Robin Williams]] in an interview, "He made $21 million for four months of pretending to be me, in a very simplistic version, and did not give $10 to my free hospital.<ref>Told to Lucy Robinson, May 2002, at Hilton Head Island, SC.</ref> Patch Adams, the person, would have, if I had Robin's money, given ''all'' $21 million to a free hospital in a country where 80 million cannot get care."<ref>Riccardi, Katia. [http://www.repubblica.it/persone/2010/05/04/news/patch-adams-3804546/ "Il sorriso serio di Patch Adams 'Non chiamatela clownterapia'"]. ''[[la Repubblica]]'' May 4, 2010</ref>

In another interview, Adams clarified that he did not dislike Williams, saying, "I think Robin himself is compassionate, generous and funny. I like to think that that's who I am, and so I think he was the only actor I wanted to play me, and I think he did a fabulous job."<ref name="chasing"/> Williams also had actively supported [[St. Jude Children's Research Hospital]] for several years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=fcd4fa2454e70110VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD&vgnextchannel=12d113c016118010VgnVCM1000000e2015acRCRD|title=Get Involved with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital}}</ref>

Upon hearing of Williams' [[suicide]], Adams released a statement that praised Williams' comedic and improvisational skills on set; noted his compassionate and caring nature; remarked upon his introverted demeanour in private, and his desire for solitude; and thanked him for "his wonderful performance".<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://time.com/3105119/robin-williams-dead-patch-adams-remembers/ | magazine=Time | first=Patch | last=Adams | title=Patch Adams: 'Thank You for All You've Given This World Robin, Thank You My Friend' | date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>

As a speaker, Adams travels around the globe lecturing about his medicine methods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apbspeakers.com/speaker/patch-adams|title=Patch Adams - Book for Speaking, Events and Appearances|date=November 11, 2015}}</ref>