This book takes an international approach in considering countries and population groups that illustrate the advantages and disadvantages of different ways of delivering health care services.

For the first time this book brings draws together examples of how to deal with diversity from health systems across the industrialized world. It considers population groups within countries and takes a broad approach, studying inherent population diversity (age, sex), citizen issues (migrants, asylum seekers) and ethnic and indigenous groups (multiculturalism in the UK, Roma in Europe, New Zealand Maori, Australian Aborigines). It identifies barriers to accessing health care services by diverse populations and cultural groups within different countries and considers the advantages and disadvantages of different delivery models for different population groups. This book provides an unparalleled breadth of perspectives from which to draw conclusions about how to meet the needs of societies characterised by diversity.

Foreword
Preface
1. Different people, different services?
2. Sex and gender in health care and health policy
3. Services for older people
4. Meeting the needs of people with disabilities
5. Health care for rich and poor alike
6. Access and equity in Australian rural health services
7. Captive populations: prison health care
8. New citizens: East Germans in a united Germany
9. Overseas citizens: citoyens de
France
10. Migrants: universal health services in Sweden
11. Asylum seekers and refugees in the United Kingdom
12. Multicultural health care in Britain
13. Roma health: problems and perception
14. 'On our terms': the politics of Aboriginal health in Australia
15. Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand
16. The history and politics of health care for Native Americans
17. The value and challenges of separate services: First Nation in Canada
18. Delivering Health services in diverse societies