Health Care System in Australia: Nutritional Medicine

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Introduction
The healing history in Australia dates back to as early as the establishment of the first Australian government. The healing is as a result of well-organized Public Health System whose noble task is to prevent illness, promote health as well as protect it and facilitate infrastructural development. The Australian Public health System consists of public and private service providers whose services are governed by a well-funded regulatory mechanism (Leonard 2001, pp31). However, the major providers of the public health services have been the Federal, the Territory and the State governments; and each individual government is concerned with its jurisdictions’ health activities, programs and priorities. The State and Territory government offer constitutional responsibilities that enable the heath sector meet its objectives. On the other hand, the local government acts as a major contributor to the Public health system by playing a central role at service level.
The resources of the public health system in Australia come majorly from its universities; non-governmental and society organizations; and institutions of primary health care (Norman 2001, pp319). The funding of Public Health System and financing of health matters is the responsibility of the Australian Government’s; whereas the State and Territorial government’s are tasked with sourcing, provision and regulation of health workers in public and private health service providers sector. Within the Australian Public Health System, the modality of nutritional health is viable and credible for its continued inclusion in the Private Health Insurance Rebate scheme. Just as other related health modalities, the nutritional health therapies provide holistic health services. T...

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...o public health. For instance, they can be involved in non-governmental and societal organizations that create awareness to certain health issues such as prevention of mal-nutrition related disorders such as kwashiorkor and marasmus. They can also work as nutritionists or public health inspectors.

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Leonard J. Weber, 2001. Business Ethics in Healthcare: Beyond Compliance. Bloomington:
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Mary W. Stewart, 2005.The Social Context of Professional Nursing. Role Development in
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Norman Daniels, 2001. Healthcare Needs and Distributive Justice. Bioethics Ed. John Harris.
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