European Union Health Law

'European Union Health Law and Policy' is now a meaningful field of study. This monograph elaborates that field through the lens of five important themes. The themes (or orientations) of European Union health law and policy are consumerism; protection of (human) rights; risk regulation; interactions between equality, solidarity and competition; and globalism. The book explores interactions between law, policy and 'governance' in the creation, elaboration, application and development of European Union health law and policy through case studies 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 of health care services, and public health. As European Union health law and policy forms a crucial context within which national health law and policy is developed, the book is essential reading for anyone interested in health law or policy in any EU Member State.