The Shepherd

International Competition for Short Films

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O Cuidador
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O Cuidador
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Diretor Joost van der Wiel

For over 60 years, the general practitioner Nico van Hasselt has maintained his routine of making ten home visits, on average, a day in an Amsterdam neighborhood. Since 1989, his individual way of practicing medicine has been confronted by health plan operators. Even at 90+ years old, he resists the pressure to surrender to standardized patient care that limits consultation time and standardizes treatment and medication methods. To him, medicine is, above all, looking after the others. But how long can he hold his position?