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2008

Selected Works

Dennis M Richards

Public Health

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Paradigm Shift: Why The Need?, Dennis M. Richards Jan 2008

Paradigm Shift: Why The Need?, Dennis M. Richards

Dennis M Richards

The projected costs of trends expected to occur in Australian society over the next 40 years, particularly demographic changes, have the potential to threaten the fiscal sustainability of Australian Government finances. These costs particularly relate to the financing of health care. The Strategic Plan of the Chiropractors’ Association of Australian (National) Ltd. includes two strategies that seek to address this situation. This paper details these trends and threats, why new models of health care will be required, and why a paradigm shift in thinking in health care may be needed.


The Plan: The Development Of The 2006-2009 Caa Strategic Plan., Dennis M. Richards Jan 2008

The Plan: The Development Of The 2006-2009 Caa Strategic Plan., Dennis M. Richards

Dennis M Richards

In 2006 the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia engaged a professional facilitator to develop and run a process by which a Strategic Plan could be developed to guide the activities of the Board of Directors of the Association during the period 2006-2009. This paper documents this process and lists the outcomes.