title: Eu accession and its consequences for Czech professionals.
abstract: In March 2003, the Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands) organised a conference on EU accession and its consequences for applicant countries' health systems. One of the sessions dealt with health professionals. Questions raised during this meeting concerned the impact of accession on medical doctors, in particularly the options of new member state nationals to practice their profession in another member state, and the reverse. It appeared that there are several (legal) barriers for border crossing professionals. This issue is of extreme importance to both the EU, its member states and the applicant countries. Therefore, it is of importance that Czech health professionals participate in this debate. Due to many uncertainties in the pre-accession stage, the conference could not give a clear answer to all the questions. This contribution is an attempt to enhance the national debate on potential consequences of the free movement of persons to the Czech Republic by explaining the European legal context of free movement of persons and to make some critical remarks on the Czech situation.
authors.affiliation: Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: den Exter
mesh_terms: D018153:Czech Republic; D005062:European Union / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D011635:Public Health Administration