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Altensetter's book is a model of serious and searching scholarship...reflecting enormous research and detailed exploration of the complex politics of regulating medical devices. A case study of EU policymaking...it is also a classic insurance of the differences between what is announced and what is implemented. --Ted Marmor, author of The Politics of Medicare . ....this study of the forces and issues in the implementation of regulations of heart valves, operating tables, knee and joint implants, high-tech scanners, patient monitoring machines and ten thousand other devices, has the potential, if properly understood, of doing something that few academic studies have accomplished and that is, saving lives. --Irving Leonard Markovitz, Professor of Political Science, City University of New York

<p> Altensetter's book is a model of serious and searching scholarship...reflecting enormous research and detailed exploration of the complex politics of regulating medical devices. A case study of EU policymaking...it is also a classic insurance of the differences between what is announced and what is implemented. <br> --Ted Marmor, author of The Politics of Medicare <br><br> . ....this study of the forces and issues in the implementation of regulations of heart valves, operating tables, knee and joint implants, high-tech scanners, patient monitoring machines and ten thousand other devices, has the potential, if properly understood, of doing something that few academic studies have accomplished and that is, saving lives. <br> --Irving Leonard Markovitz, Professor of Political Science, City University of New York

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Christa Altenstetter is professor of political science at The City University of New York's Graduate Center and Queens College. She has written many books and is a member of the American Political Science Association, International Political Science Association, European Union Studies Association, International Study for System Science in Health Care, and the Committee for Health Politics (within APSA).

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