Understanding the Australian Health Care System - E-Book

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

Overview

A updated overview of Australia’s health care system, addressing its core features, concepts and issues

Understanding the Australian Health Care System, 2^nd edition is an excellent university book for undergraduate and postgraduate students alike.

Published four years after the original, this second edition has been fully revised to reflect major Australian health care reform. Its fully up-to-date content includes current governmental and legislative changes impacting Australia’s health care system.

Other topics addressed include quality and safety within the system, health insurance in Australia – both public and private – the PBS and integrated medicine.

This outstanding medical book delves deeply into the system’s theoretical framework, structure and organisation and includes comparisons with the US and UK health care systems.

This new edition of Understanding the Australian Health Care System will be a valuable reference for those studying health science, health promotion, sports and exercise science, physiotherapy, human services, nursing, midwifery, medicine, paramedicine, health system management, medical radiations science and health informatics.

• Online student and instructor resources
• Stronger focus on social determinants throughout text
• Addresses a wide range of health professions – now including disability professionals and social workers
• Current theoretical framework for healthcare reform (Tuohy 2009)
• Stronger focus on social determinants throughout text
• Addresses current position on national registration

• Features an excellent ancillary package on Elsevier’s Evolve platform
• Includes three new chapters addressing: disability professionals; quality and safety; and social work
• Reflects major health care reform in Australia (COAG 2009)
• Discusses current theoretical framework for healthcare reform (Tuohy 2009)
• New contributors

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780729581035
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	05/15/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	444
File size:	3 MB

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Contributors ix

Reviewers xiii

Introduction: How to Use This Book xv

Section 1 How Health Care is Organised in Australia 1

1 The Australian Health Care System Eileen Willis Yvonne Parry 3

2 The Public Hospital System Sandra G. Leggat 13

3 The Private Sector and Health Insurance Charles Livingstone 27

4 Health Care in the UK and USA: Welfare Versus the Market Janice Lewis Caroline Yates 45

5 Primary Health Care Helen Keleher 55

6 Public Health in Australia Helen Keleher 67

7 Health Promotion Ben J. Smith 79

8 The Health Workforce Hal Swerissen 91

9 The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Hans Löfgren Ken Harvey 103

10 The Aged Care Sector: Residential and Community Care Jeni Warburton Pauline Savy 117

11 Rural and Remote Health John Humphreys 131

12 Health Care for Indigenous Australians Adrian Miller Rick Speare 149

13 Organising Care for the Mentally Ill in Australia Julie Henderson Bonnie Walter 161

14 Disability Professionals: Assisting People Living with Disability to Navigate the Health System Caroline Ellison Brian Matthews 175

15 Complementary/Alternative Medicine in Australia Julia Twohig 189

16 Quality and Safety in the Context of the Australian Health Care System Caroline Yates Janice Lewis Rick Iedema 205

Section 2 Towards Multidisciplinary Care for a New Century 217

17 Progress in Nursing Trudy Rudge Luisa Toffoli 219

18 Midwifery - The Profession in Australia Pauline Glover 229

19 The Professionalisation of Paramedics: The Development of Pre-hospital Care Louise Reynolds Madeleine O'Donnell 241

20 Health Profession Regulation: The Case of Physiotherapy Jenny Keating Wendy Nickson 253

21 Nutrition and Dietetics: Promoting Health for All Australians Iris Lindemann Louisa Marweijczyk 265

22 Occupational Therapy: Working with Individuals, Groups and Communities to Enable Occupation Louise Farnworth Rebecca Allen 279

23 Speech Pathology and Audiology: Service Delivery and Technology in Communication Disorders Christopher Lind Catherine Olsson 291

24 Health Care Managers in a Changing System Judith Dwyer Anne Cahill 305

25 Social Work: Providing Health Care to People, Families and Communities Margaret Alston 319

26 General Practice Nicholas Zwar Gawaine Powell Davies 331

Glossary 343

Abbreviations 355

References 359

Subject Index 395