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: Rochester, NY University of Rochester Press 2008, 2008
Series:Rochester studies in medical history
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-314) and index
  • The doctors' revolt at Beilinson hospital
  • From Beilinson to Tel Hashomer
  • Towards a state health system
  • Health and politics during the great mass immigration
  • Kupat Holim and mass immigration
  • The political struggle to establish a central hospital for the Negev