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Author:

Altenstetter, Christa.

Title:

Medical devices : European Union policymaking and the implementation of health and patient safety in France / Christa Altenstetter.

Publisher:

Transaction Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xxxii, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Medical instruments and apparatus--Safety regulations--France.
Medical instruments and apparatus--Standards--France.
Medical instruments and apparatus--Safety regulations--European Union countries.
Medical instruments and apparatus--Standards--European Union countries.
European Union.
Equipment and Supplies--standards--France.
Equipment Safety--standards--France.
Government Regulation--France.
Health Policy--France.
Policy Making--France.
Patiënten.
Veiligheidsmaatregelen
Beleidsanalyse
Europese Unie.
Frankrijk.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-260) and index. "Government documents": p. 261-265.

Contents:

The European Union, France, and medical devices in context -- The medical device industry in Europe and France -- EU policymaking on medical devices -- A new public health safety policy: the same old structural problems -- More restructuring of state governance -- Regulation in France -- The Ministry of Health: a weak, low-status player -- Negotiating the EU directives in Brussels, 1990-1998 -- From AdM to AFSSAPS -- Implementing the IVD regulatory regime -- Medical device vigilance -- Local operations: regulations in the hospital -- Conclusion and lessons learned.

ISBN:

1412806909 (alk. paper)
9781412806909 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)147475610

LCCN:

2007026164

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)