Half of Dutch doctors cried at work last year, survey finds

Nearly half of Dutch doctors have cried at work, and a quarter have cried in the presence of their patients, a study by researchers at Tilburg University in the Netherlands has shown. Doctors found this “undesirable” but not necessarily “unprofessional.”

The confidential inquiry, published in the Dutch Medical Association’s journal Medisch Contact, gathered responses from 776 doctors in primary and secondary care, approached …