title: Australian Health Service. 1: A legacy of colonialism.
abstract: Over the last ten years arrangements for the provision of health care in Australia have changed frequently even in comparison with the UK. In this article Anne Crichton sketches the background. In the next she will describe the last ten turbulent years.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D006296:Health Services / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century