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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shvarts, Shifra (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press 2002.
Series:Rochester studies in medical history.
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009605740206719
Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • FOREWORD
  • 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