|
Patients' Rights as Policy Issue in South Eastern Europe
|
|
|
| |
Full citation |
|
Brief annotation |
|
|
|
| |
“European Charter on Patient’s Rights”, Cittadinanzattiva-Active Citizenship Network, Rome, April 2002.
|
|
Based on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, the authors of this document assert that fourteen basic patient’s rights: the right to preventive measures, access, information, consent, free choice, privacy and confidentiality, respect of patients' time, observance of quality standards, safety, innovation, avoidance of unnecessary suffering and pain and personalized treatment, and the right to complain and to receive compensation, are currently at risk within national health care systems. They argue that without a European Charter, the spectrum of national and local policy regarding interpretation and enforcement of these rights will undermine rather than harmonized commitment to universal rights. The authors call for discussion and reform as a necessary element of EU enlargement, especially in light of freedom of movement within the EU.
|
|
|
|
| |
The Republic of Macedonia Action Plan (2005): Decade of Roma Inclusion.
|
|
The Republic of Macedonia’s action plan for the Decade of Roma Inclusion targets healthcare as a foremost priority in improving the quality of life and participation of Roma in South Eastern Europe. The Action Plan addresses the need for reform and improvement in: living conditions; health care training in the educational process and for those outside the educational system; promotion of preventative health care, affirmative approaches to Roma within health care training; access to primary care and health insurance, and improving legislation and administrative procedures. Furthermore, it establishes a series of indicators and deadlines for these improvements throughout the course of the decade.
|
|
|
|
| |
“Skopje Pledge”, document of the Second Health Ministers’ Forum, Health and Economic Development in South-Eastern Europe in the 21st Century, Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 25-6 November 2005.
|
|
The most recent affirmation of South-Eastern European governments to improving the SEE health care network, this document calls for bigger budgets and greater political and organizational cooperation. The document specifically addresses weak health care as an obstacle in eliminating poverty and creating stability and equality in the social environments of South-Eastern Europe. The authors affirm their commitments to improving health care, transparency, stability, decentralization and economic development, and outline a general organizational and responsibility structure for implementation of their policies and priorities.
|
|
|
