Chapter One Footnotes

1Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 28th ed., p. 269

2Declaration on the Promotion of Patients' Rights in Europe, European Consultation on the Rights of Patients, WHO, Amsterdam 1994.

3European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Glossary (citing USAID, 1999).

4It is important to note that the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. also provided funding for this movement.

5One of the activities of new EU member-states during the process of preparation for accession in the EU was adjustment of health care legislation towards European standards. Many countries, such as Bulgaria, adopted a new health law, whose structure and contents are strictly in line with the European Charter of Patients’ Rights.

6Rights of Patients in Macedonia According to European Standards 2005.

7BMC International Health and Human Rights 2006, 6:10.

8BMJ September 2006.

9World Health Organization, The World Medicines Situation (2004).

10World Health Organization, The World Medicines Situation (2004).