The politics of health
Neal Blewett is Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Sydney University and a political architect of Australia's Medicare health system and responsible for the development of Australia’s AIDS policies.
Abstract
Neal Blewett is Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Sydney University. He was Minister for Health in the Hawke Government, and a political architect of Australia’s Medicare health system and responsible for the development of Australia’s AIDS policies. He is a former Professor of Political Theory and Institutions at Flinders University and Australian High Commissioner to London, and has served on the World Health Organisation Executive Board. A version of this paper was presented at the second annual John Chalmers Oration held at Flinders Medical Centre in July 1999.