So what is the current state of hospital care? Not up to par with the (international) medical standard, study finds.
Progress too frequently obstructed by an outdated poldermodel, in which the Compromise is leading and hospitals’ interests are divided just about evenly: between the doctors, the board and thirdly, the patients.
But if the underachieving hospitals and its doctors knowingly and willfully keep patients in the dark about better, potential life saving treatment elsewhere, as researcher Maike Schepens points out, she touches on something that exceeds the span of healthcare. And probably has a more appropriate place in the penal code.
