Health Care Practice in Australia analyses the challenges faced by contemporary Australian health professionals, proposes principles for contemporary health care practice, and provides examples of innovations in practice. It introduces some of the key perspectives emerging nationally and internationally in relation to health and illness, policy approaches and practice frameworks. Health Care Practice in Australia helps students to understand the complexities of the current healthcare policy agenda and prepares them for innovative practice in an environment which is redefining the nature and location of healthcare service delivery.
Contents
Introduction: Sandra Taylor, Michele Foster and Jennifer Fleming
PART 1: HEALTH CARE PRACTICE: POLICY AND CONTEXT
Chapter 1: The concept of health – Sandra Taylor
Chapter 2: Contemporary frameworks of health care – Sandra Taylor
Chapter 3: The Australian health care context – Michele Foster and Jennifer Fleming
Chapter 4: Specialist areas of health care provision – Michele Foster
Chapter 5: The health workforce – Jennifer Fleming
Chapter 6: Health care policy – Michele Foster and Jennifer Fleming
Chapter 7: Contemporary health care practice – Jennifer Fleming, Michele Foster and Sandra Taylor
PART 2: INNOVATIONS IN HEALTH CARE PRACTICE
Chapter 8: Collaborative Health Care Practice within the Rural Context – Margaret Alston and Elaine Dietsch
Chapter 9: Continuity and Change in Rehabilitation: The Shift Towards Community Based Services – Emmah Doig and Pim Kuipers
Chapter 10: Improving Practice by Respecting Indigenous Ways of Knowing – Elizabeth Kendall, Judith Milliken, Leda Barnet and Catherine Marshall
Chapter 11: Encouraging Principles of Consumer Participation and Partnership – Robert Bland and Miranda Epstein
Chapter 12: Reducing Preventable Health Disadvantage for People with Disabilities through Physical Activity Promotion – Sean Tweedy
Chapter 13: The Frontier of Information Technology in Health – Tammy Hoffman, Kryss McKenna and Sally Bennett
Chapter 14: Economic Evaluations and Decision Making in Health Care – Terry Haines
Introduction
References
Index
Sandra Taylor – Associate Professor of Social Work, Central Queensland University
Michele Foster – Senior Lecturer, School of Social Work and Applied Human Sciences, University of Queensland
Jennifer Fleming – Senior Research Fellow, Occupational Therapy, The University of Queensland and Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
