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From roadside to recovery : the story of the Victorian State Trauma System / Peter Bragge and Russell Gruen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bragge, Peter, author.
- Gruen, Russell, author.
- Series:
- Monash Studies in Australian Society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emergency medicine--Australia--Victoria.
- Emergency medicine.
- Traffic safety--Australia--Victoria.
- Traffic safety.
- Trauma centers--Australia--Victoria.
- Trauma centers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 212 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Clayton, Victoria, Australia : Monash University Publishing, 2018.
- Summary:
- In 1969 car crashes killed over 1000 Victorians, making Victoria's roads some of the world's most deadly.
- Contents:
- Front cover
- Title page
- Contents
- Prelims
- About this book
- Imprint and copyright information
- Acknowledgements
- About the authors
- Prologue
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Awakening
- Chapter 2 Money
- Chapter 3 Mortality
- Chapter 4 Change
- Chapter 5 Impact
- Chapter 6 Survival
- Epilogue
- Profile. Harry Gordon: The editor's conscience
- End of Harry Gordon's profile. Resume regular text.
- Profiles. John Cain and John Bolitho: Policy to last
- End of John Cain and John Bolitho profiles. Resume regular text.
- Profile. Joe Calafiore: Beyond Insurance
- End of Joe Calafiore's profile, and end of Chapter 2: Money.
- Profile. Frank McDermott: Prevention and cure
- End of Frank McDermott's profile, and end of Chapter 3: Mortality.
- Profile. Robert Doyle: Making government work
- End of Robert Doyle's profile, and end of Chapter 4: Change.
- Profile. Tony Walker: When time matters
- End of Tony Walker's profile. Resume regular text.
- Profile. Mark Fitzgerald: Never standing still
- End of Mark Fitzgerald's profile. Resume regular text.
- Profile. Peter Cameron: Counting and being accountable
- End of Peter Cameron's profile. Resume regular text.
- Profile. Belinda Gabbe: Lives worth living
- End of Belinda Gabbe's profile. Resume regular text.
- End matter
- Appendices
- Appendix 1: Victorian Parliamentary Road Safety Committee Inquiries
- Appendix 2: Members of the Consultative Committee on Road Traffic Fatalities (CCRTF)
- Appendix 3: Members of the Ministerial Taskforce on Trauma and Emergency Services
- Appendix 4: Groups within the Ministerial Taskforce on Trauma and Emergency Services
- Appendix 5: Other groups and individuals involved in producing the RoTES report
- Appendix 6: The Victorian State Trauma Committee
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781925495805
- 1925495809
- 9781925495812
- 1925495817
- OCLC:
- 1119618879
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