Going to a doctor in the Netherlands can be quite a culture shock: most of the time you go home without a prescription or you get to hear you can take another paracetamol. ‘Why on earth am I paying 150 a month to hear this kind of bullsh*t?’ is a very common complaint on the expat message boards. So how to survive these Dutch doctors who will almost never give you what you want?

Get a good GP
Of course, you have thought of this yourself. But what constitutes a good GP? The one that caters to all your needs or a doc that actually saves your life when necessary? We tend to opt for the last one. But how to find this holy medical grail? Ask around. Preferably ask people with medical knowledge/skills. And no, this does not include people who bought a copy of Merck manual.

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