Table of Contents

Rural Society, Health and Health Service; 1. Contemporary Rural Australian Society; 2. Australia's Changing Non-metropolitan Population; 3. Health Status and Utilisation of Health Services in Rural Australia: A Comparison with Urban Status and Utilisation Using National Datasets; 4. Health Services and the Workforce; Major Health Challenges; 5. Determinants of Health, Disease and Disability: Differences between Country and City; 6. Life Stages, Health and Disease in Rural Australia; 7. Health of Indigenous Australians: A Rural Perspective; 8. Remote Health; 9. Comparison of Rural and Urban Health Status: Asthma in South Australia as an Example; 10. Mental Health in Rural and Remote Australia; Rural Professional Practice; 11. Characteristics of Australian Rural Health Care Professional Practice; 12. Preparation for Rural Practice; 13. Academic Rural Practice; 14. Preparation for Rural Nursing Practice; 15. Educating Nurses for Rural Clinical Practice: Working and Studying Alone; 16. Infrastructure Support for Rural Practitioners; 17. Health Service Models in Rural and Remote Australia; The Future of Rural Health: Levers and Strategies for Change; 18. The Future of Rural Health: Levers and Strategies for Change; Index

Reviews

Although not essential reading for a UK medical student, this book is an interesting, informative, concise and well constructed read on the challenges of rural and remote health. A must for anyone planning an elective in rural Australia. GKT Gazette