Primary Health Care: Medicine in Its Place

ISBN-13: 9781853831126 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 196 str.

John J. MacDonald

Opis

Primary health care (PHC) began as a solution to problems in the developing world and is coming to be seen as a profound challenge to medical attitudes the world over.

Spis treści

Introduction * The Why of Primary Health Care * The Medical Model as Obstacle * The What of Primary Health Care: Alma Ata * The Selective Option: The Medicalisation of Primary Health Care * The First Pillar: Participation * The Second Pillar: Intersectoral Collaboration * The Third Pillar: Equity * Education for Health: Lifestyle Education or Life-context Education? * The Health Professional and the Macroscope * References * Index

O autorze

John J. Macdonald is Professor of Primary Health Care at the University of Western Sydney, Australia, and editor of Health Action, an international newsletter on Primary Health Care.