Tamara K. Hervey, Jean V. McHale

European Union Health Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A contextual analysis of the internal logics of EU health law through four themes: consumerism; (human) rights; interactions between equality, solidarity and competition; and risk. Leading authors in the emergent field explain the interactions and implications of EU health law through thematic reinterpretation of the law in context in key substantive areas, such as the regulation of health research, access of patients to high quality care, health care professional regulation, organisation and funding ofhealth care services, and public health. This book offers a fresh perspective and thorough understanding of EU health law through individual and collective or systemic perspectives, and covers health law both within the EU and globally. Essential readingfor anyone interested in health law in any EU Member State or in global health law"--

Produktdetails

• Law in Context
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 748
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1556g
• ISBN-13: 9781107010499
• ISBN-10: 1107010497
• Artikelnr.: 42396270

Autorenporträt

Tamara Hervey is Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law and Head of School, School of Law, University of Sheffield.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction
2. What is health law?
3. What is European Union health law?
Part II. EU Internal Health Law: The Individual Focus: 4. Consumerism: the moving patient
5. Consumerism: the moving health product or service
6. Consumerism: the moving health care professional
7. Rights: health rights as human rights
8. Rights: mobile patients' rights as human rights
Part III. EU Internal Health Law: The Systemic Focus: 9. Competition, solidarity, equality: health insurance
10. Competition, solidarity, equality: health institutions and professions
11. Competition, solidarity, equality: the pharmaceuticals, medical devices and medical equipment industries
12. Risk: clinical trials
13. Risk: health system products - pharmaceuticals
14. Risk: health system products - human blood, tissue and cells, organs
medical devices
15. Risk: tobacco, food, alcohol
Part IV. EU External Health Law: 16. The global context: institutions and instruments
17. The global context: consumerism, rights, justice and equality: human organs and access to essential medicines
18. The global context: opportunities and threats: health knowledge, communicable diseases, global food and tobacco law
Part V. Conclusions: 19. Conclusion.