Drie politiek actieve dokters: Chris, Arie en Piet

Chris Mol, Arie Querido and Piet Muntendam were three socially and politically active medical doctors in the 20th century. Inspired by different sources (Catholicism, and the social democratic and progressive-liberal movements), these doctors strove to improve public health in the Netherlands. Up to about 1940 they were primarily traditional doctors caring for individual patients. After World War Two their scope widened, eventually to the wider society. The life histories of the three main characters are remarkably intertwined. Querido and Muntendam were classmates at secondary school and university, while Mol and Muntendam frequently met in Parliament between 1950 and 1960. At the end of his career Querido published two historiographies on public health institutions, which were commissioned by Muntendam and Mol. Chris, Arie and Piet passed away in 1979, 1985 and 1986.

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