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

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

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Superior document:Rochester Studies in Medical History Series ; v.2
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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (357 pages)
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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.