Patients’ Rights in Cross-border Healthcare: Modifying Judicial Influence

2015 ◽  
pp. 133-184
Author(s):  
Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen
Keyword(s):  
Patients Rights ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Judicial Influence

Cross-border Patients and Informed Choices on Treatment in English and French Law and the Patients’ Rights Directive

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 467-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Taylor
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Patient Rights ◽  
French Law ◽  
European Union Law ◽  
Patient Movement ◽  
Patients Rights ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Two Systems ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Right To Information

Abstract Developments in European Union law have created rules favourable to cross-border patient movement. However, where national laws on patient rights differ, this may limit movement by creating confusion for patients and by reducing their confidence in seeking treatment abroad. This article examines the extent to which English and French law recognize a patient right to information regarding treatment. In light of the differences between the two systems concerning both the form and the content of the law, highlighted by recent developments in French law, the article then considers whether the Patients’ Rights Directive can provide a framework for coordination of national rules.

The Implementation of the Directive on the Application of Patients’ Rights in Cross-border Healthcare in the Netherlands

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.M.H. Bongers ◽  
D.M.R. Townend *
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Member State ◽  
Contact Point ◽  
Health Law ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Patients Rights ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Dutch Health ◽  
The Individual

Abstract This article discusses the significance of the Directive 2011/24/eu on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare for the protection of individual patients’ rights in the Netherlands by describing how its provisions are implemented in Dutch health law. The responsible Dutch authorities take the view that most of the Directive’s provisions and requirements are covered in existing Dutch law. Implementation of the Directive would only require adaptations to national legislation with regard to the establishment of a national contact point for cross-border healthcare and the recognition of medical prescriptions issued in another Member State. This article looks into the question of how far the Dutch law meets the requirements of the Directive in relation to the individual patients’ rights addressed in this special issue of the European Journal of Health Law.

scholarly journals Cross-border healthcare in the European Union: clarifying patients' rights

BMJ ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 342 (jan17 2) ◽  
pp. d296-d296 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Legido-Quigley ◽  
I. Passarani ◽  
C. Knai ◽  
R. Busse ◽  
W. Palm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Patients Rights ◽  
Cross Border

scholarly journals Patients’ Rights in Cross-border Healthcare (Directive 2011/24/eu) and How It Applies to Turkey as a Negotiating Candidate Country

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 432-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Perihan Elif Ekmekci
Keyword(s):  
Patient Rights ◽  
Candidate Country ◽  
Patient Mobility ◽  
Member States ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Patients Rights ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
European Reference Networks ◽  
Reference Networks ◽  
European Union Member States

Abstract Cross-border healthcare and patient mobility across European Union Member States has been on the agenda of eu Commission for the last decade. Directive 2011/24/eu on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare went into force in 2013. The Directive mainly addresses the responsibilities of Member States in cross-border healthcare, regulates reimbursement procedure, and coordinates European reference networks and health technology assessment in the eu. The Directive has direct and indirect implications on Turkish health system. In this article, first an overview of Directive 2011/24/eu is addressed with special attention to its relation to patient rights and other eu legislations. Then, Turkish citizens’ position in the scope of eu legislation on patient rights is considered. Finally, the ethical implications of the Directive, conceptualisation of cross-border patient mobility, and Turkey’s particular position among other candidate countries regarding cross-border healthcare is discussed.

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