European Union health policy
Markets, integration and modes of governance
By Eleanor Brooks
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- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 256
- Price: £80.00
- Published Date: July 2025
- Series: European Politics
Description
The first book-length analysis of EU health policy since the COVID-19 pandemic, encompassing the creation of the European Health Union and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, this volume offers a timely and accessible analysis of the EU's health policy, institutions and governance. Focusing on the EU's health objectives and how they are pursued, it offers a detailed overview of the development of EU health policy, and five in-depth case studies of specific policy fields. The book will appeal to academic and policy audiences interested in the EU's health objectives and how it pursues them.
Contents
Introduction
1 The foundations of EU health policy
2 The development of EU health policy
3 EU policy on substances of human origin
4 EU policy to fight cancer
5 EU policy on patient mobility
6 Health in the EU fiscal governance framework
7 EU health policy and the COVID-19 pandemic
Conclusion
Appendix 1: List of interviews conducted
Appendix 2: Analysing the CSRs
References
Author
Eleanor Brooks is a Senior Lecturer in European Health Policy at the University of Edinburgh