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Each century has been commonly characterized by a specific focus. In the same way that the Era of Enlightenment discovered happiness, and liberty haunted the Romantics, health seems to be the concern of our times. In fact, health might be considered a fundamental condition for both happiness and liberty. The French Revolution already acknowledged that “through public welfare, the (poor) patient is entitled to prompt, free, appropriate and complete medical care.”1 The right to health has been historically determined by the development of preventive and curative medical techniques, and still further amplified by recent medical discoveries.
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Moulin, A.M. (1995). The foundations of the right to be grafted. In: Touraine, J.L., Traeger, J., Bétuel, H., Dubernard, J.M., Revillard, J.P., Dupuy, C. (eds) Organ Shortage: The Solutions. Transplantation and Clinical Immunology, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0201-8_29
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