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ACCESS’ Childbirth Preparation Courses continue to grow, flourish and evolve

2019 has been another record year for ACCESS’ popular childbirth preparation courses, offered in Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht. This past year has seen a 15% increase in the number of parents ACCESS Trainers in the cities above have supported in their journey to...

Finding Mental Health Abroad

Like many internationals I grew up in different countries, with different languages and systems. I learned early to adapt, and understood the disorientation of finding care in a place that doesn’t quite know you, or vice versa. Finding care was never simple, especially when it...

Tolerance, Pain, Paracetamol, and other Marvels of Modern Medicine

This humouristic article takes on the serious subjects of Dutch healthcare and medicine. Author Greg Shapiro cites his own daughter’s earache diagnosis and medical prescription (sort of like a salad dressing) as well as the doctor asking him,”And what do you think I should do?”...