The role of civil society in improving rural health care
Abstract
It is acknowledged that there is a crisis in rural health care around the country. The loss of health care professionals - both doctors and nurses - is a major problem. Attempts to address the issue have been patchy and inadequate Ultimately it is difficult to say whether rural health care is better or worse than it was 10 years ago. It seems that it may be better in some areas and worse in others but overall there is no sign of the steady improvement we have hoped for; rather there are signs of deterioration despite many advances.
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