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Making medicare [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of universal health care in Australia / / Anne-Marie Boxall and James A. Gillespie



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Autore: Boxall Anne-Marie Visualizza persona
Titolo: Making medicare [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of universal health care in Australia / / Anne-Marie Boxall and James A. Gillespie Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Sydney, : NewSouth, 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
Disciplina: 362.10994
Soggetto topico: Medical policy - Australia - History
Public health - Australia - History
Altri autori: GillespieJames A  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front Cover ; About the Authors ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents; Foreword; Making Medicare: A Timeline; Introduction: Health Care and History; 1. Health Reform Efforts To The 1950s; 2. Whitlam and Health System Reform, 1960-74; 3. Making Medibank A Reality, 1974-75; 4. Organised Medicine versus Medibank; 5. Fraser's Health System Reforms, 1976-81; 6. Medibank Weighed In The Balance, 1976-78; 7. Why Fraser Abolished Medibank; 8. Hawke Brings Medicare Into Being; 9. The Politics of Medicare, 1984-96; 10. John Howard, Medicare's Greatest Friend?; 11. Current Issues, Future Challenges; Notes
ReferencesAcknowledgments; Index
Sommario/riassunto: <P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>Since the 1980s, Australians have had a system of universal health care that is often taken for granted. But the road there wasn't easy. <I>Making Medicare</I> is a comprehensive account of Australia's long, tortuous, and unconventional path toward universal health care-as it was established, abolished, and introduced again-and of the reforms that brought it into being. With its detailed investigation of the policy debates that have determined the shape of health care in Australia, this book is the most thorough survey of Medicare's history publ
Titolo autorizzato: Making medicare  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-74224-143-3
1-74224-657-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910809504803321
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