The new rural health
By: edited by David Wilkinson and Ian Blue.
Contributors: Blue, Ian.; Wilkinson, David, 1962-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: South Melbourne, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
Subjects: Rural health services -- Australia.; Rural health -- Australia.
Description: This title is a contribution to the debate surrounding the determinants of health and what is necessary for improving the health status of, and access to health services for, rural and remote Australians. It avoids a clinical focus, concentrating on the process of rural health.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Contemporary Rural Australian Society / Ann Larson; title: 2. Australia's Changing Non-metropolitan Population / Graeme Hugo; title: 3. Health Status and Utilisation of Health Services in Rural Australia: a comparison with urban status and utilisation using national datasets / Andrew Phillips; title: 4. Health Services and Workforce / Ann Larson; title: 5. Determinants of Health, Disease and Disability: differences between country and city / David Simmons and Bridget Hsu-Hage; title: 6. Life Stages, Health and Disease in Rural Australia / Dennis Pashen, et al; title: 7. Health of Indigenous Australians: a rural perspective / Ian Anderson and Neil Thomson; title: 8. Remote Health / John Wakerman and Sue Lenthall; title: 9. Comparison of Rural and Urban Health Status: asthma in South Australia as an example / David Wilson, et al; title: 10. Mental Health in Rural and Remote Australia / Jeff Fuller, et al; title: 11. Characteristics of Australian Rural Health Care / Ian Blue; title: 12. Preparation for Rural Practice / Roger Strasser; title: 13. Academic Rural Practice / Richard Hays; title: 14. Preparation for Rural Nursing Practice / Desley Hegney and Alexandra McCarthy; title: 15. Educating Nurses for Rural Clinical Practice: working and studying alone / Heather Gibb; title: 16. Infrastructure Support for Rural Practitioners / David Lyle; title: 17. Health Service Models in Rural and Remote Australia / John Humphreys; title: 18. The Future of Rural Health: Levers and Strategies for Change / Judi Walker.