1:37:01
Every person who comes
to the ranch is in need...
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of some form of physical
or mental help.
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They're patients.
1:37:08
But also every person who comes
to the ranch is in charge of
taking care of someone else...
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whether it's cooking for them,
cleaning them...
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or even as simple a task
as listening.
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That makes them doctors.
1:37:20
I use that term broadly, but is not a
doctor someone who helps someone else?
1:37:25
When did the term "doctor" get
treated with such reverence, as,
"Right this way, Doctor Smith"...
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or, "Excuse me, Dr Scholl,
what wonderful footpads"...
1:37:32
or, "Pardon me, Dr Patterson,
but your flatulence has no odor"?
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At what point in history
did a doctor become more...
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than a trusted and learned friend
who visited and treated the ill?
1:37:46
Now, you ask me if
I've been practicing medicine.
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Well, if this means opening
your door to those in need...
1:37:52
those in pain...
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caring for them, listening
to them, applying a cold cloth
until a fever breaks...
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if this is practicing medicine,
if this is treating a patient...
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then I am guilty
as charged, sir.
1:38:04
Did you consider the ramifications
of your actions?
1:38:08
What if one of your patients
had died?
1:38:10
What's wrong
with death, sir?
1:38:13
What are we so mortally
afraid of?
1:38:15
Why can't we treat death with
a certain amount of humanity
and dignity and decency...
1:38:18
and, God forbid,
maybe even humor?
1:38:21
Death is not the enemy,
gentlemen.
1:38:23
If we're gonna fight a disease,
let's fight one of the most
terrible diseases of all...
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indifference.
1:38:27
Now, I've sat in your schools and heard
people lecture on transference...
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and professional distance.
1:38:33
Transference
is inevitable, sir.
1:38:36
Every human being
has an impact on another.
1:38:38
Why don't we want that in
a patient/doctor relationship?
1:38:42
That's why I've listened to your
teachings, and I believe they're wrong.
1:38:46
A doctor's mission should be
not just to prevent death...
1:38:50
but also to improve
the quality of life.
1:38:52
That's why you treat a disease,
you win, you lose.
1:38:55
You treat a person, I guarantee you,
you win, no matter what the outcome.