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DRS Policy Statements

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A comprehensive policy document for the Doctors' Reform Society of Australia was ratified at the National Conference held in Sydney November 22-23, 1997.
All members and the public are encouraged to contribute to its further development. Please contact the DRS national office for further details.
  INDEX TO POLICY STATEMENTS:

 
1.    AIMS AND PHILOSOPHY
2.    HEALTH RIGHTS
3.    ETHICAL MEDICAL PRACTICE
4.    AUSTRALIA'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
            4.1  Australia's Health Care System
            4.2  Management Arrangements
            4.3  Primary Health Care and Community Health
            4.4  Hospital Services
            4.5  Long-Term Residential Care
            4.6  Private Medicine
            4.7  Specialists
            4.8  Role of Non-Medical Health Professionals
            4.9  Evidence-based Medicine
            4.10  Euthanasia
5.    MEDICAL EDUCATION, REGISTRATION AND WORKFORCE
            5.1  Medical Education
            5.2  Medical Registration
            5.3  Medical Workforce
6.    HEALTH POLICY AND PROMOTION
            6.1  Healthy Public Policy
            6.2  Health Promotion
            6.3  Tobacco, Alcohol and other Drug Use
            6.4  Nutrition
            6.5  Immunisation
            6.6  Housing and Habitat
7.    ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH
8.    GENDER HEALTH
            8.1  Women's Health General
            8.2  Women's Reproductive Health
            8.3  Men's Health
            8.4  Reproductive Technology
9.    CHIlDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
10.  PRISONS
11.  HIV/PLWAIDS (Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ People Living With Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
            11.1  General
            11.2  Rights
            11.3  Education and Prevention
            11.4  Testing and Follow-up
            11.5  Care and Treatment
12.   OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
13.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
14.   ISSUES FROM NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY
15.   VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION
            15.1  General
            15.2  Childhood
            15.3  Domestic Violence
            15.4  Sexual Assault
            15.5  Gun Control
            15.6  Peace and Disarmament
16.   INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

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