Understanding the Australian health care system /

Willis, Eileen, 1946-

Understanding the Australian health care system / Eileen Willis, Louise Reynolds, Helen Keleher. - Second edition. - xxv, 418 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Previous ed.: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sect. One: How health care is organised in Australia. 1. The Australian health care system/ Willis, Parry -- 2. The public hospital system/ Leggat -- 3. The private sector and health insurance/ Livingstone -- 4. Health care in the UK and USA: welfare versus the market/ Lewis, Yates -- 5. Primary health care/ Keleher -- 6. Public health in Australia/ Keleher -- 7. Health promotion/ Smith -- 8. The health workforce/ Swerissen -- 9. The Pharmaceuticals Benefits Scheme/ Löfgren, Harvey -- 10. The aged care sector: residential and community care/ Warburton, Savy -- 11. Rural and remote health/ Humphreys -- 12. Health care for Indigenous Australians/ Miller, Speare -- 13. Organising care for the mentally ill in Australia/ Henderson, Walter 14. Disability professionals: assisting people living with disability to navigate the health system/ Ellison, Matthews -- 15. Complementary/alternative medicine in Australia/ Twihig -- 16. Quality and safety in the context of the Australian health care system/ Yates, Lewis and Iedema -- Sect. Two: Towards multidisciplinary care for a new century. 17. Progress in nursing/ Rudge, Toffoli -- 18. Midwifery -- the profession in Australia/ Glover -- 19. The professionalisation of paramedics: the development of pre-hospital care/ Reynolds, O'Donnell -- 20. Health profession regulation: the case of physiotherapy/ Keating, Nickson -- 21. Nutrition and dietetics: promoting health for all Australians/ Lindemann, Matweijczyk -- 22. Occupational therapy: working with individuals, groups and communities to enable occupation/ Farnworth, Allen -- 23. Speech pathology abd audiology: service delivery and technology in communication disorders/ Lind, Olsson -- 24. Health care managers in a changing system/ Dwyer, Cahill -- 25. Social work: providing health care to people, families and communities/ Alston -- 26. General practice/ Zwar, Davies.

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