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Will the right to the protection of health be a real one in the future European Union?
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On 10–11 December 2003, an international meeting on “The Right to Health in Europe”, co-organised by the Fund for Health Research of Castilla la Mancha, Spain (FISCAM), the National Health Service Consultants’ Association of UK (NHSCA), and the Federation of Associations for the Defence of the Public Health Care of Spain (FADSP), took place in Toledo (Spain). There were speakers from the UK, Germany, Italy, and Spain.
The aim was to analyse how globalisation and other forthcoming changes in our continent, such as the European Constitution may influence the right to health. The main topics discussed were:
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The right to health in the Spanish Constitution,
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The …