This section, edited by Henk Maassen, features reviews of current novels, films, music, theater, exhibitions and poetry in which medicine plays a role every two weeks on Saturdays. But, since we are a Dutch website in origin, films will probably be the main topic in the English version of SCOOP. Comments, questions, tips, criticism, and praise can be sent to Henk Maassen: scoop0329@gmail.com
Scoop 19 January 17th, 2026In this episode, a powerful novel (The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store) about—among many other things—a corrupt doctor in the racist and ethnically divided America of the…
Better late than never, we turn our attention to two novels that are among the finest published in the past year: Ocean Vuong’s The Emperor of Gladness and In My Eyes I Wear Clouds by psychiatrist…
In this episode a film (If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You) about a mother who is burdened by caring for her young daughter who suffers from a serious eating disorder; and a comedy with a rather dark…
This episode features three films. Second Victims is about how a doctor can become the “second victim” after making a medical error, Die My Love is about a young woman who loses her mind after the…
This edition focuses on the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). We recommend four documentaries. The reality of psychosisIn the documentaryThe Desert of the Real, director Luuk…
This time, the lives of two patients: the novel Il male che non c’`e, (The Evil That Is Not There) is about a young hypochondriac, the film Nino is about a young man of almost the same age who is…
FilmDas Verschwinden des Josef Mengele, now in theaters In 2017, the novel Le disparation de Josef Mengele by author Olivier Guez was published (published in Dutch in 2018). A fantastic book about how…
In this episode: how one person’s life can mean death for another (the film Voor de meisjes (For the Girls); a racist who, at the end of her life, has to deal with a black caregiver (the novel…