Comité permanente de médicos europeos (CPME)2019-09-252019-09-252014-11-192002http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/214110"Recognising that the problems raised by an increase in health expenditure at a rate which exceeds that of the GNP are a challenge not only for governments and the citizen, but also for the medical profession. Recognising that it is difficult to reconcile the need to guarantee the citizen the enjoyment of the best health care available with the most recent developments in the world of medicine and the desire by the various governments to control increases in expenditure. The Standing Committee hereby expresses the following opinion:"engCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)Ethicseconomyhealth caremedical practitionersresponsibilityEconomic ethicsBioethicsMedical ethicsHealth ethicsCommunity ethicsArticle