"Doctors as Patients" documentary Anil van der Zee

Grigor said:
Medisch Contact, one the biggest medical magazines for medical doctors in the Netherlands has written an "activist" mini review about Doctors as Patients. Good at least it got picked up. Happy about that.

https://www.medischcontact.nl/actueel/boeken-en-films/media-en-cultuur/doctors-as-patients
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I hope this gets people watching!

There is a commenter that touches upon the use of «activist», but parts of it is hidden. Auto translate:
It's good that MC is paying attention to this.

It is striking that the word 'activist' is used.

I think that says more about the learned defensive attitude of many medical professionals, and the associated press,

than about the courage ...
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Here is the commentary translated to English:
Psychiatrist NP, Den Bosch — May 24, 2025

Fitting that Medisch Contact is giving this attention.

It is notable, though, that the word “activist” is used.

I think that says more about the learned defensiveness of many medical professionals, and the accompanying press,

than about the courage it takes to show yourself this vulnerable.

To shed light on the other side of the “activist” coin, a closer look

at how established scientists and clinicians refuse to be teachable—let alone vulnerable—regarding their mistakes and the damage caused,

would also be welcome.

Medisch Contact is warmly invited to delve further into that conservatism, including that of some of its columnists.

They have been pointed to this. But they preferred to let it go under the guise of a free press—and “the other side of the story”—rather than correcting disinformation.

I look forward to seeing interest in “the other side” of this activism, in the spirit of journalistic ethics.

But I suspect that false balance will continue to prevail for now.

Tom Molmans
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Utsikt said:
I hope this gets people watching!

There is a commenter that touches upon the use of «activist», but parts of it is hidden. Auto translate:
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Yeah, oddly enough, when sick people are "activists", when we are patient activists, however that term is interpreted in a culture, we are activists first, and patients never.
 
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