Table of Contents

Section One: How health care is organised in Australia. 1. The Australian health care system; 2. The health of Australians; 3. The public hospital system; 4. Primary health care system; 5. The private sector and health insurance; 6. The health workforce; 7. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; 8. The aged care sector: residential and community care; 9. Public health in Australia; 10. Health promotion; 11. Rural and remote health; 12. Health care for Indigenous Australians; 13. Organising care for the mentally ill in Australia; 14. The complementary and alternative health care system in Australia; 15. Health care in the UK and USA: welfare versus the market. Section Two: Towards multidisciplinary care for a new century. 16. Progress in nursing: multidisciplinary and shared care; 17. The emergence of midwifery as a distinct discipline; 18. The professionalisation of paramedics: the development of pre-hospital care; 19. Health profession regulation: the case of physiotherapy; 20. Nutrition and dietetics: promoting health for all Australians; 21. Occupational therapy: working with individuals, groups and communities to enable occupation; 22. Podiatry in Australia: past, present and future; 23. Speech pathology and audiology: assessing and treating communication disorders; 24. Health managers in a changing system; 25. The profession of medicine; 26. Who's missing: where's the consumer?. Index.