Why are Dutch GPs so much happier?

Roger Damoiseaux; Margaret McCartney; Sophie Arie

doi:10.1136/bmj.h6870

Why are Dutch GPs so much happier?

Roger Damoiseaux, Margaret McCartney, Sophie Arie

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Abstract

General practice is similar in the Netherlands and the UK yet it appeals far more to young Dutch doctors than to their British counterparts. In collaboration with the Dutch medical journal Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, Roger Damoiseaux, professor of general practice, and Margaret McCartney, Glasgow GP and The BMJ columnist, met to try to work out why. Sophie Arie reports.

Original language	English
Article number	h6870
Journal	BMJ - Clinical research
Volume	351
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h6870
Publication status	Published - 29 Dec 2015

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