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PubMed1984

Medical politics: decline in the hegemony of the Australian Medical Association?

The last 15 years have seen the emergence of medical associations challenging the long-standing hegemony of the Australian Medical Association (A.M.A.) in medical politics. The article focuses on the two major groups. The General Practitioners' Society in Australia and the Doctors Reform Society. Each represents the right and the left of an ideological spectrum within medical politics. Each has institutionalised longer term division within the profession which were contained within the A.M.A. so long as the basic principles and structure of Australia's voluntaristic health insurance schemes remained intact. Taken together, they represent a wider critique of the entrenched status and political power of the A.M.A. The article examines briefly the ideology, strategy and impact of each group. It concludes that their major significance lies, not in their effectiveness as pressure groups, but as they have affected the public image of the A.M.A. and of the profession as a whole. The future of each depends on secular changes affecting medicine and the profession, on the oversupply of doctors on economic stringencies, and importantly, on the reaction of the A.M.A. to critiques of its representative function.

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Evaluation of the Australian Medical Association drink-driving campaign in Wollongong.

A pilot public education campaign against drink-driving directed towards 18-24-year-old men in Wollongong in 1982 is described. Analysis suggested significant behavioural change in the target group. This was shown by a reduction in traffic accidents and by some reduction in drink-driving convictions. While a comparative assessment of the knowledge and attitudes of the community before and after the campaign showed a marked awareness of the campaign, attitudinal changes to drink-driving were equivocal.

Accidents, Traffic↗
PubMed2006

Task substitution: the view of the Australian Medical Association.

Technology, community expectations and an ageing population are driving the need for an expanded health care workforce. Doctors embrace task substitution wherever it can be done safely and effectively. Task substitution should occur in the context of: team care that synergises the different skills of doctors, nurses and other health professionals doctors retaining their central role increases in the capacity to extend medical services with efficiency gains no loss of patient safety no fragmentation of care The growth of task substitution could lead to workforce shortages in other health care areas. Public policy on task substitution must take full account of patient preferences and expectations.

Academies and Institutes↗