Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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.

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