Patient information under the EU patients' rights Directive

New rules on driver licensing for patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: EU Directive 2014/85/EU.

Affiliations: DiBiMIS, University of Palermo and Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology (IBIM), National Research Council (CNR), Palermo, Italy. Pneumologie und Allergologie Zentrum für Schlaf – und Beatmungsmedizin, Krankenhaus Bethanien, Solingen, Germany. Sleep and Respiratory Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. European Lung Foundation Chair. Medical School, Athens ...

Public Participation under the EU Water Framework Directive – processes and possible outcomes

Harmful impact of EU clinical trials directive.

Water Regulation and Irrigated Agriculture Under the EU Water Framework Directive

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Patient safety and patients' rights.

Upon initial examination, efforts toward achieving these 2 goals appear philosophically complementary. For example, both tout as a primary benefit improvement of access to health care services. However, closer inspection of these initiatives' more prominent features reveals seemingly irreconcilable demands. As described below, the push toward consumer-driven health plans as a way to offer affor...