Dutch doctors supported by media

Another recurring worry is the loss of healthcare staff to the private sector and the business world ("Professionals flee, but where?" De Telegraaf, 13 May), a situation worsened by the increasing numbers of reports on demotivation and significantly higher sickness rates in the healthcare...

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Published in:BMJ 2000-09, Vol.321 (7262), p.712-712
Main Author: van Heteren, Godelieve
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
GNP
Gross National Product
Health care industry
Health care policy
Hospitals
Physicians
Reviews
Shortages
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Summary:Another recurring worry is the loss of healthcare staff to the private sector and the business world ("Professionals flee, but where?" De Telegraaf, 13 May), a situation worsened by the increasing numbers of reports on demotivation and significantly higher sickness rates in the healthcare sector (8.7% instead of the national average of 5.6% in 1998; Parool, 14 June). The climax of the outpouring of doctors' sorrows was a full page interview with staff surgeon Maurits de Brauw of the Maastricht Academic Hospital, detailing his reasons for leaving the profession after 20 years of faithful duty: "I make people sicker, not better" (NRC Handelsblad, 27 May). [...]in the Netherlands, a curious alliance has emerged which-at least for now-holds professionals and media in an unprecedented union.
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.321.7262.712