Farmer, Jane; Prior, Maria; Taylor, Judy - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 10, pp. 1903-1911
Study and opinion suggest that health services play a significant role in supporting the social fabric of fragile rural … communities. We draw on empirical evidence about the added-value contributions of health services to communities and unite it with … theory of capitals to propose a theoretical model depicting how rural health services contribute to community sustainability …