The Workers' Health Fund in Eretz Israel : : Kupat Holim, 1911-1937.

• Superior document: Rochester Studies in Medical History Series ; v.2
• Author: Shvarts, Shifra.
• Place / Publishing House: Rochester : : University of Rochester Press,, 2002.; Ã2002.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (357 pages)

The first study to research the history of the health funds established by Jewish laborers in Israel.

Table of Contents

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWARD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTE ON SOURCES -- Introduction: Kupat Holim Then and Now -- 1. Health Services in Eretz Israel (Palestine) in the Nineteenth Century -- 2. The Workers' Health Fund: Ideology and Beginnings, 1903-1914 -- 3. The Workers' Health Funds in the First World War -- 4. The Health System Under British Military Government -- 5. The General Health Fund of Workers in Israel: Kupat Holim -- 6. According to Needs or According to Ability: Kupat Holim, 1924-1930 -- 7. Confrontation and Cooperation Between Kupat Holim and Hadassah, 1920-1930 -- 8. The Emek (Jezreel Valley) Hospital -- 9. Kupat Holim and the British Mandate Government -- 10. Kupat Holim and the Federation of Labor: Reciprocal Membership and the Joint Dues -- Epilogue: Summary and Conclusions -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX.