Patient Welfare Committee, 1980-1984 (4)
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Abstract
1976-1983. This collection includes reports and correspondence on patient welfare, hospice development, social work services, and insurance for cancer patients. It features documents on welfare expenditure, hospice care (The Modern Hospice, Hospices: The Victorian Scene), public education, and community service planning, illustrating the expanding scope of supportive care and policy coordination between government, insurers, and cancer organisations in Victoria during the early 1980s. Keywords: patient welfare; supportive care; social support; social services; breast surgery; women's health; federal government; policy; hospice; palliative; insurance; financial costs; Geelong; community services. Related Files: 1 of 5 in the "Patient Welfare Committee, 1980-1984" series.
Description
100 pages
Citation
'Patient Welfare Committee, 1980-1984 (4)', 1976-1983, B00001555074, Cancer Council Victoria, Australian Health & History, https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14773/110.
Publisher
Cancer Council Victoria