
Understanding the Australian Health Care System - E-Book
- 1st Edition - May 1, 2009
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone Australia
- Author: Helen Keleher
- Editor: Louise Reynolds
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 7 8 6 1 - 5
The text provides an overview of the Australian Health Care System at a level suitable for 1st year undergraduate students. It describes the ‘architecture’ of the system and its… Read more
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The text provides an overview of the Australian Health Care System at a level suitable for 1st year undergraduate students. It describes the ‘architecture’ of the system and its key components (public hospital sector, private hospital and health insurance, GPs and primary care, community health, public health), some of the things that shape the system and introduces key concepts that underpin it such as the idea of the welfare state or a universal health system.
Students in B Health Science degrees and students in allied health and B Nursing degrees with a core unit covering the Australian Health Care System.
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 1, 2009
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone Australia
- Language: English
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Helen Keleher
Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Professor, Monash University, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne