title: Free movement of medical doctors in the EU.
abstract: The Doctors' Directive 93/16, recently replaced by the currently implementing Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications 2005/36, is the most specific European legal instrument for medical doctors crossing borders. These Directives aim at organising a free movement of doctors while safeguarding a considerable degree of patient safety. This article gives an overview of both directives in the light of this general objective.
authors.affiliation: Scientific Researcher, Institute of Social Law, Catholic University of Leuven Tiensestraat, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peeters
mesh_terms: D003406:Credentialing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D010820:Physicians