Destabilization rights and restabilization politics: Policy and political reactions to European Union healthcare services law

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 220-240

  Greer, Scott L ^a   Rauscher, Simone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Courts; European Union; Germany; Health policy; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951795861     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2011.544502     Document Type: Article

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