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Health and Zionism :

Shvarts, Shifra.

Health and Zionism : the Israeli health care system, 1948-1960 / Shifra Shvarts. - Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2008. - xix, 322 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm. - Rochester studies in medical history, .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.

9781580462792 (alk. paper) 1580462790 (alk. paper)


Medical care--History--Israel--20th century.
Medical policy--History--Israel--20th century.
Health Services--history--Israel.
Financing, Government--history--Israel.
Health Policy--history--Israel.
History, 20th Century--Israel.
Judaism--history--Israel.
Politics--Israel.

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