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The European Charter of Patients' Rights was drafted in 2002 by Active Citizenship Network in collaboration with 12 citizens' organizations from different EU countries.
Apovita (Portugal), Cittadinanzattiva (Italy), Confederacion de Consumidores y Usuarios (Spain), Danish Consumer Council (Denmark), Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Versicherte und Patienten e. V. (Germany), Fédération Belge contre le Cancer (Belgium), International Neurotrauma Research Organization (Austria), Irish Patients Association Ltd (Ireland), Ke.P.K.A. (Greece), Nederlandse Patienten Consumenten Federatie (the Netherlands), The Patients Association (United Kingdom), Vereniging Samenwerkende Ouderen Patientenorganisaties (the Netherlands).
The European Charter of Patients' Rights states 14 patients' rights
that together aim to guarantee a "high level of human health
protection" (Article 35 of the Charter of fundamental rights of the
European Union) and to assure the high quality of services provided by
the various national health services in Europe.
The 14 rights are an embodiment of fundamental rights and, as such,
they must be recognised and respected in every country. They are
correlated with duties and responsabilities that both citizens and
health care stakeholders have to assume.
The Charter applies to all individuals, recognising the fact that
differences, such as age, gender, religion, socio-economic status etc,
may influence individual health care needs.
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