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Making Medicare.

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. Making Medicare is a comprehensive account of Australia's long, tortuous, and unconventional path toward universal health care-as it was established, abo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boxall, Anne-marie
Otros Autores: Gillespie, James
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of New South Wales Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.