The Politics of Health
The Australian Experience
Published in June 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
510 pages
978-0-443-03970-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book deals with the Australian political system and how it relates to the provision of health care. It attempts to show the complex inter-relationships between the political and health care systems and the numerous participants involved in decision making. The first part provides an introduction to the Australian political system at Federal, State and local government levels and the second part shows how political institutions affect, and are affected by, groups involved in the provision of health care. It tries to address the relationships between politics and health in theory and practice and is intended as a resource for students and practitioners in the health services. More generally, for students of political science and sociology it provides analyses of health issues from political and sociological perspectives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line drawings, index
Dimensions
Height: 26 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
598 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-443-03970-6 (9780443039706)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Book
01/1995
2nd Edition
Saunders
€39.84
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Content
Part 1 Politics and health - introduction to the Australian political system: the Australian federal system, Joan Rydon; Australian parliaments - theory and practice, Heather Gardner; responsible cabinet government and Australian practice, Heather Gardner; the public service, Brigid McCoppin; the electoral system, Heather Gardner; political parties - ideology, structure and practice, Heather Gardner; a pluralist democracy? Interest groups and the political process, Heather Gardner. Part 2 Health and politics - issues in political application: federalism and health services, Joan Rydon and Diane MacKay; organization and delivery of health care, Sidney Sax; the expulsion of women from the BMA - the impact on women's professional aspirations, Felicity Allen; politics of reaction - the Australian Medical Association as a pressure group, Diane MacKay; emerging militancy? The politicization of Australian allied health professionals, Heather Gardner and Brigid McCoppin; the politics of AIDS, John Ballard; workers' compensation in transition - stress and strain, the role of health professionals in workers' compensation, Hal Swerissen; workers' compensation in transition - workers' compensation reform - workcare - a model, Elizabeth Thyer and Jennifer Doran; community health promotion programs, Bill Hart; community care for the aged - benefits to whom?, Victor Minichiello; towards a politics of health, David Legge.