1. Advance rural Australia -- 2. Indigenous Australia -- 3. Cultural perspectives -- 4. What is rural? -- 5. Determining health -- 6. Rural people's health -- 7. Rural health approaches -- 8. Remote indigenous health -- 9. Providing health services -- 10. Educating a rural workforce -- 11. A rural future
Summary
This examination of rural health services provision explains the concepts, questions tthe bureaucratic systems, and explores the opportunities for change. It paints real faces onto the rural health landscape using innovative storytelling techniques, historical accounts, and real life experience, supported by broad literature
Analysis
Health services
Rural areas
Remote areas
Aborigines
Social justice
Statistics
Social policy
Australia overseas comparisons
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references (pages 154-168) and index