The workers' health fund in Eretz Israel : Kupat Holim, 1911-1937 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Shvarts, Shifra.
Imprint:	Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, 2002.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 340 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Rochester studies in medical history Rochester studies in medical history.
Subject:	Ḳupat ḥolim (Organization : Israel) Histadrut ha-kelalit shel ha-ʻovdim be-Erets-Yiśraʼel. Ḳupat ḥolim (Organization : Israel) Histadrut ha-kelalit shel ha-ʻovdim be-Erets-Yiśraʼel. Ḳupat ḥolim (Organization : Israel) Medicine -- Israel -- History. Medical care -- Israel -- History. Public health -- Israel -- History. Federal aid to health facilities -- Israel -- History. Public health -- Israel -- Finance. Health Services -- history Financing, Government -- history Public Health -- history Federal aid to health facilities. Medical care. Medicine. Public health. Public health -- Finance. Israel Israel. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12630363

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ISBN:	9781580466134 1580466133 9781281382894 1281382892 9781580461221 1580461220
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The first study to research the history of the health funds established by Jewish laborers in Israel.
Other form:	Print version: Shvarts, Shifra. Workers' health fund in Eretz Israel. Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, 2002 1580461220 9781580461221

Table of Contents:

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 Workersâ€? Health Fund: Ideology and Beginnings, 1903-1914
3. The Workersâ€? 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

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