RADICAL HEALTH: HOW CAN
WE MEET THE NEEDS OF
COMMUNITIES FOLLOWING
NATURAL DISASTERS?
12:30pm Fri 20 May /
The Edge Auditorium State Library – at the Ideas Festival
In times of crisis we turn to health
professionals to assess assist and
rehabilitate our broken communities. In
2011 there has been an unprecedented
demand for specialist health services
following natural disasters around the
world prompting the question: how can we
better design and equip responsive health
workforces? Join health specialists
Norman Swan Selwyn Button
Sabina Knight and Robyn McDermott
as they discuss with Stephen Ayre the
changing roles and responsibilities of
health workers and options for radical
change in the midst of crisis.
