Medical devices
Subtitle: European Union policymaking and the implementation of health and patient safety in France
By: Christa Altenstetter.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781412806909
Subjects: European Union; 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; Equipment and Supplies -- standards -- France; Equipment Safety -- standards -- France; Government Regulation -- France; Health Policy -- France; Policy Making -- France
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The European Union, France, and medical devices in context; title: The medical device industry in Europe and France; title: EU policymaking on medical devices; title: A new public health safety policy: the same old structural problems; title: More restructuring of state governance; title: Regulation in France; title: The Ministry of Health: a weak, low status player; title: Negotiating the EU directives in Brussels, 1990-1998; title: From AdM to AFFSAPS; title: Implementing the IVD regulatory regime; title: Medical device vigilance; title: Local operations: regulations in the hospital; title: Conclusion and lessons learned.