A novel inquiry into the sociopolitical dimensions of public medicine, Healing the Land and
the Nation traces the relationships between disease, hygiene, politics, geography, and …

The fascinating scientific history of phage therapy has been documented in numerous
publications. In this study, however, we focus on an angle of the story that hitherto has …

An exploration of the major conflicts and historic events that shaped the current Israeli health
care system. In this follow-up to her 2002 book, The Workers' Health Fund in Eretz, Israel …

Under Quarantine is the riveting story of Shaar Ha'aliya, a central immigrant processing
camp opened shortly after Israel became an independent state. This historic gateway for …

If public health agencies are to fulfill their overall mission, they need to have defined
measurable targets and should structure services to reach these targets, rather than offer a …

For more than 70 years, physicians in the Israeli health care system have been employed on
a fixed salary rather than on a fee-for-service basis. The present report is a brief review of …

The article discusses the establishment of the first three playgrounds in Palestine during the
Mandate. They were founded on social and educational principles, and were among the first …

Under normal physiological conditions, old age, unless preceded by a definite chronic
ailment, should lead to a gradual failing of the productive powers. As the medieval …

The nineteenth century shaped an image of Jerusalem as an unhealthy city. Sanitary
imagination, that is, the growing sense of disease as a hidden threat and the parallel …

Abstract The State of Israel was established in May 1948. By its eighth Independence Day,
the small country, with a population of only 600,000 Jews, faced the formidable task of …