Understanding the Australian Health Care System

by Eileen Willis MEd, PhD, Louise Reynolds (Editor)

Overview

• New chapters on workers’ compensation systems, oral health and dental services, clinical exercise physiology and pharmacy
• Significantly expanded glossary
• Up-to-date information on the most recent Australian health reforms
• Case studies on all of the major health care professions in Australia, including nurses, midwives, speech pathologists, audiologists, health managers, paramedics, social workers, dietitians, doctors (GPs), occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dentists and oral therapists, exercise physiologists, pharmacists and homeopaths
• A suite of video interviews with multidiscipline practitioners and thought leaders exploring aspects of Australian health care, theories and challenges now and for the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780729585460
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	05/14/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	512
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Eileen Willis, MEd, PhD; Associate Professor, Social Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide

Louise Reynolds BHSc (PHC), GradCertEdu (Higher Education) PhD, FACAP; Lecturer, Social Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide

Helen Keleher, BA, MA, PhD, FPHAA; Professor and Head, Department of Health Social Science, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

Table of Contents

Section 1 - How Health Care is Organised in AustraliaSection 2 - Health professions in Australia

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From the Publisher

An essential guide to the complexities of health care in Australia