http://repub.eur.nl/res/aut/48171/ List of Publications en http://repub.eur.nl/static-eur/img/logo.png http://repub.eur.nl http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/37756/ 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 1. The Netherlands consists of mainly flat land, with some hilly areas in the south and east. The northern and western areas are partly below sea-level. The maritime climate is moderate, with an average temperature of 16°C–17°C in summer and 2°C–3°C in winter. 2. The Netherlands comprises an area of some 41,532 km2 (33,889 km2 of land and 7,643 km2 of water), which lies between the North Sea in the north and west, Germany in the east and Belgium to the south. The Netherlands’ highest point is in the extreme south, where the borders of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet. The Netherlands is one of the world’s most densely populated countries with an average of more than 450 inhabitants/km2. The total population is over 16 million (16,733,170) (December 2011) (CBS 2011). A total of 60% of the population lives in the urban core known as the Randstad, comprising the main cities of Amsterdam (capital), The Hague (seat of government), Rotterdam and Utrecht. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/32855/ 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z Dutch medical ethics policy is renowned for being highly liberal, due largely to the Dutch law on euthanasia. The Netherlands is one of the very few countries in which euthanasia performed by physicians and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) has been legalized. Acts of euthanasia and PAS go unpunished, provided certain conditions are fulfilled. Copyright http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/23523/ 2008-12-06T00:00:00Z http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/23564/ 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z In 2006 werd het nieuwe verzekeringsstelsel ingevoerd. Het past binnen het streven van de overheid om zich grotendeels terug te trekken uit de gezondheidszorg en meer marktwerking toe te laten, met als doel grotere doelmatigheid. Maar leidt dat niet automatisch tot meer ongelijkheid en uitsluiting van kwetsbare groepen? Martin Buijsen, Universitair hoofddocent Recht & Gezondheidszorg bij het Erasmus Medisch Centrum, beschouwt in dit artikel het nieuwe zorgstelsel met een filosofische blik: (schaarse) zorg wordt volgens hem steeds vaker verdeeld vanuit het principe van verdienste in plaats van behoefte. Wat zijn daarvan de consequenties voor het recht op gezondheid? http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/14564/ 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Health care is a scarce good. How should it be distributed? What is - in other words - the meaning of '(distributive) justice' in the context of health care? History of thought handed down two very different notions of justice: to each according to merit v. to each according to need. Although both reflect intuitive notions of general consciousness, ultimately they are diametrically opposed. Analysis of human rights law reveals a unique and rather uncompromising notion of justice in the 'sphere' of health care. Just distribution of health care is distribution according to (objective) need. Market forces are currently being introduced in the Dutch social health care system. Upon reflection, however, it becomes clear that the reforms amount to the introduction of the merit criterion. In the political debates leading up to the reform program financial considerations dominated. Unfortunately, the more fundamental issue was never addressed. The appropriateness of merit as a criterion of distribution in the context of health care was never really considered.