Self-management and the health care consumer - Harvey, Peter William (Nova Science Publishers, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Coordinating healthcare in Australia -- Acute and chronic care approaches -- Beyond the acute care paradigm -- Economic and social benefits of self-management -- Compression of morbidity : living a healthier and longer life -- The self-management rationale -- The ethics of self-management -- Self-management : an ideological perspective -- The paradox of self-management -- Population health -- Sustainable health care -- A curriculum framework for learning about life management -- Environmental health and the self-management dilemma -- Sustainable health systems change -- Empowerment and the health care consumer -- Gambling addiction as an emerging context for self-management -- Early intervention training and peer education -- The health care industry revisited : a glimpse of the future -- Consumer case studies -- Health aphorisms
Keywords: HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery; MEDICAL / Health Policy; MEDICAL / Public Health; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues; Health care reform; Health services administration; Medical care; Self-care, Health; Self Care / utilization / Australia; Health Care Reform / Australia; Medizin; Health services administration -- Australia; Medical care -- Australia; Self-care, Health -- Australia; Health care reform -- Australia; Australien