Health politics and the aged.
Politicians seeking office respond to sectional interests. Dr Last's paper discusses how our federal system allows division of responsibility and authority between Commonwealth, State and Local Governments, with none accepting responsibility for the system as a whole. Repeated Committees of Enquiry have recommended remedial action but no government has yet made a major commitment. Dr Last discusses how institutions may become the advocates whereby recommendations are implemented and health care services developed.
D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics