"European Union" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The collective designation of three organizations with common membership: the European Economic Community (Common Market), the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). It was known as the European Community until 1994. It is primarily an economic union with the principal objectives of free movement of goods, capital, and labor. Professional services, social, medical and paramedical, are subsumed under labor. The constituent countries are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. (The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1997, p842)
| Descriptor ID |
D005062
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.615.500.475
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| Concept/Terms |
Common Market- Common Market
- EEC
- Economic Community, European
- European Economic Community
- European Common Market
- Community, European Economic
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| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "European Union" by people in Profiles.
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Groene O, Sunol R, Klazinga NS, Wang A, Dersarkissian M, Thompson CA, Thompson A, Arah OA. Involvement of patients or their representatives in quality management functions in EU hospitals: implementation and impact on patient-centred care strategies. Int J Qual Health Care. 2014 Apr; 26 Suppl 1:81-91.
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Sunol R, Wagner C, Arah OA, Shaw CD, Kristensen S, Thompson CA, Dersarkissian M, Bartels PD, Pfaff H, Secanell M, Mora N, Vlcek F, Kutaj-Wasikowska H, Kutryba B, Michel P, Groene O. Evidence-based organization and patient safety strategies in European hospitals. Int J Qual Health Care. 2014 Apr; 26 Suppl 1:47-55.