Access to medical services and products

• Guaranteed access to all therapies and anthroposophic medicinal products
• Free choice of therapy for all European citizens
• Recognition of all anthroposophic health professionals

Use of adequate legislation / Application of appropriate legislation

• Current European legislation does not adequately allow for the registration of all anthroposophic medicinal products; a third of all medicines are currently not permitted.
• European legislation urgently needs to be revised

Availability of medical services and products

• Due to the inadequate legislation, anthroposophic medicinal products are not available to all who want to use them.
• This discrimination may cause the decline of the numbers of anthroposophic health professionals.
• Availability varies enormously between EU member states.

The costs of medical services and products

• Anthroposophic medical products and services should be reimbursed to patients just like any other medical services and products

• To represent the views and interests of patients who wish to use anthroposophic medicine in all its forms, in combination with other medicines or instead.
• To support and further the right of the individual to self-determination in health matters
• To cooperate with European, international and national institutions in the field of health in the broadest sense
• To contribute towards the cultural and legal recognition of anthroposophic medicine in all its forms
• To support the recognition and insertion of patients’ rights into any future legislation
• To extend the right to reimbursement by health insurance schemes of all services and products of anthroposophic medicine in accordance with the principal of citizen equality

EFPAM
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E-mail: efpam.europe@gmail.com
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