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Report on the Intramural Medicine in Italy

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Intramurale Medizin im internationalen Vergleich

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The right to health care has a constitutional standing in the Italian Law. Article 32 of the Constitution states: “The Republic safeguards the right to health care as a fundamental human right and an interest for the whole community, while granting treatment free of charge to the poor”. The right to health care emerges not only as access to welfare services, but as a supreme value, related to an individual’s psycho-physical integrity.

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  1. Council of Europe Strasbourg, Italien

    Prof. Dr. Mauro Palma (President European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Strafrecht und Strafprozessrecht, Universität Zürich, Freiestrasse 15, CH-8032, Zürich

    Brigitte Tag

  2. Lehrstuhl für Strafrecht und Strafprozessrecht, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 6-10, 69117, Heidelberg

    Thomas Hillenkamp

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Palma, M. (2008). Report on the Intramural Medicine in Italy. In: Tag, B., Hillenkamp, T. (eds) Intramurale Medizin im internationalen Vergleich. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Deutsches, Europäisches und Internationales Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht und Bioethik der Universitäten Heidelberg und Mannheim, vol 32. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77770-0_5

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