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

An exploration of the major conflicts and historic events that shaped the current Israeli health care system.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shvarts, Shifra.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Rochester Studies in Medical History Series
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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.