Find all the information you need about the health care system in South Africa in this comprehensive and objective guide. With detailed chapters covering topics like national health care trends and primary health care revitalization, you'll gain valuable insight into the evolving health system and the challenges and achievements it faces. Whether you're a researcher, student, or health professional, this book is an essential reference for understanding the complex world of health and health care in South Africa.

Contents include the following:

• National health care systems: trends, changes and reforms
• The changing biophysical environment: impact on health and health conditions
• HIV, AIDS and tuberculosis: trends, challenges and responses
• Health care expenditure: using resources efficiently and equitably
• Revitalisation and re-engineering of primary health care
• Hospitals and hospital reform
• Complementary and alternative medicine and traditional health care
• Medical ethics and human rights