Good Medicine:
Israeli Innovations In Health Care That Could Benefit Americans

by Barbara Swirski

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Executive Summary

I. The Development of Health Care in Israel

• The Ottoman Period
• The Mandate Period
• After the Creation of the State in 1948

II. The Health Care and Health Status of Israelis

• The Health Care Delivery System — Overview
• How Healthy are Israelis?
• Some Israelis are Healthier than Others
• Health-promoting Behaviors
• A Closer Look at the Health of Different Israelis
• The Health of Israeli Women
• The Health of Arab Citizens of Israel
• The Health of Recent Immigrants from Ethiopia and the Former Soviet Union
• The Health of Senior Citizens

III. Social Innovations in the Israeli Health Care Delivery System

• National Health Insurance Law — Health for All by the Year 2000
• Mother and Child Tipat Halav Clinics: an American Model Elaborated by Israel
• Home Care for Senior Citizens
• The Patient's Rights Law
• Beit Halochem — A War Vet Service that Gets the Whole Family Involved

IV. Medical Innovations in Israel

• The Strengths and Innovations of Medical Research in Israel — Overview
• Gene Therapy — Getting the Message Through
• The Wedding of Surgery and Technology
• Genetic Diseases — Looking For the Potential
• Fertile Knowledge in the Fertility Field
• Marrow Transplantation — Working Toward Transplants for All Who Need Them
• Cardiology — Bypassing the Bypass

Health Statistics

Recommended Reading

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Interviews

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