Health and Zionism : the Israeli health care system, 1948-1960 / Shifra Shvarts.

Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2008.

xix, 322 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-314) and index.

The doctors' revolt at Beilinson hospital -- From Beilinson to Tel Hashomer -- Towards a state health system -- Health and politics during the great mass immigration -- Kupat Holim and mass immigration -- The political struggle to establish a central hospital for the Negev.