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In Section 1 of this module we discussed the link between demographic and social factors and health-care needs in the community, and in Sections 2-4 we looked at the role of the community nurse in meeting those needs. We have seen that these factors are creating a situation in which demand outstrips the resources available to pay for it in a state-provided health-care system, and it is this which forms the background to recent reforms in the health service:
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Johnston, C., Brown, K. (1991). Politics, policies and trends in community nursing. In: Community Health Care. Nursing Times Open Learning Texts. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14009-1_6
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