Health and Zionism : the Israeli Health Care System, 1948-1960.

In this follow-up to her 2002 book, The Workers' Health Fund in Eretz, Israel: Kupat Holim, 1911-1937, historian Shifra Shvarts investigates the political and social forces that influenced Israel's health care system and policy during the early years of s.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shvarts, Shifra
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, 2008.
Series:Rochester Studies in Medical History ; volume 13 ; v.v. 13
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontcover; Contents; List Of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note To The Reader; Introduction; 1 The Doctors' Revolt at Beilinson Hospital; 2 From Beilinson to Tel Hashomer; 3 Towards a State Health System; 4 Health and Politics during the Great Mass Immigration; 5 Kupat Holim and Mass Immigration; 6 The Political Struggle to Establish a Central Hospital for the Negev; Conclusion; Appendix: The Law of Return; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; Backcover.