Zadok Perspectives Issue 83

To scratch or not to scratch by Simon & Brenda Holt

Globalisation and worship - the view from the pew sheet by Doug Hynd

An aging population by Chris White & David Knox

Reflections of an Aged Care manager by Chris Gardiner

Where are you and who do you come from? by Jennifer Maries

Grey Care: biblical, psychospiritual and pastoral perspectives by Rod Benson

Belief under fire by Douglas Todd

Learning to fall
Review by Louise Lovegrove

The sacred life of us: a young person's guide to the spiritual life
Review by David Fuller

Vernon God Little
Review by Nick Spencer

Growing old in Christ
Review by John White

Spike Milligan: the biography
Review by Bill James

One World: the ethics of globalisation
Review by Rowan Gill

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S132 New Medicare: Building on Medicare.
By E Durham Smith
Winter 2004
The universality of Medicare promised an equitable and fair provision of health services, but since its introduction serious flaws have gradually eroded the system and have substantially reduced the equity of Medicare's objectives. Although it would be quite unrealistic to think that we could now eliminate the estabiliched private insurance system, it is still possible to have one complete system of a central fund of insurance, one "premium" only, and one comprehensive table of benefits, incorporating the private system as agents. The scheme described is not a replacement of Medicare, it si an expansion of Medicate to produce one system that adequately covers medical services outside hospitals and both meical costs and accomofation for every citizen in both public and private hospitals.