A Textbook of Australian Rural Health describes how rural health professionals and rural communities are currently working towards healthy rural communities. The conceptual framework used to describe these activities includes population capacity and health in the urban-rural continuum, access and equity, cultural security, privacy and confidentiality in small rural communities with numerous overlapping relationships, and interprofessional team practice and systems. It draws on the experience and practical wisdom of educators, students, service providers and communities involved in health and health-related activities — clinical or academic — in rural and Indigenous settings.



Liaw S-T, Kilpatrick S, Australian Rural Health Education Network. A textbook of Australian rural health. Canberra: Australian Rural Health Education Network; 2008