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Palestinian doctors : medical practice and the transformation of Palestine, 1900-1948 / Yoni Furas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Furas, Yoni H. (Jonathan Haim), 1979- author.
- Kozma, Liat, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Physicians--Palestine--History--20th century.
- Physicians.
- Palestinian Arabs--Social conditions.
- Palestinian Arabs.
- Jewish physicians--Palestine--History--20th century.
- Jewish physicians.
- Palestinian Arabs--Relations with Jews, Israeli.
- Jews, Israeli--Relations with Palestinian Arabs.
- Jews, Israeli.
- Palestine--History--1917-1948.
- Palestine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "This study examines the social history of Palestinian doctors and the emergence of a professional community during the late Ottoman and British Mandate periods. Yoni Furas and Liat Kozma examine doctors' interactions with the rural and urban society and their entangled relationship with the British colonial administration and Jewish doctors"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prelude: Jerusalem, circa 1903
- Class Matters
- the Sociology of the Profession
- Colonial Care: Understanding the Department of Health
- Medical Landscapes
- Conflicting Medicines and the Politicization of Health
- A Republic of Medical Letters and Professional Unity
- Nakba: The Displacement of the Medical Community.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Furas, Yoni. Palestinian doctors
- ISBN:
- 9781009463348
- 1009463349
- 9781009463362
- 1009463365
- OCLC:
- 1529917318
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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