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4 - Medical Landscapes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2025

Yoni Furas
Affiliation:
University of Haifa, Israel
Liat Kozma
Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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This chapter concentrates on the spatial presence of Palestinian doctors – the communities they served and those they did not. Villages rarely had medical facilities or doctors, and peasants had to travel to the town or city for medical services and would otherwise rely on traditional practitioners. Towns usually had missionary medical facilities, a small community of doctors (some of whom were native to the town), and one or two government medical facilities – a District Health Office, a government clinic, or a small hospital. Palestine’s large cities – Jerusalem, Haifa, and Jaffa – were characterized by a relatively large professional community, substantial Jewish presence, strong missionary presence that provided both educational and medical services, and a strong presence of the Mandate administration. The chapter places doctors on Palestine’s map and examines how medical services transformed urban relationships, as well as those between the city, the town, and the countryside.

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Palestinian Doctors
Medical Practice and the Transformation of Palestine, 1900–1948
, pp. 108 - 146
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Medical Landscapes
  • Yoni Furas, University of Haifa, Israel, Liat Kozma, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book: Palestinian Doctors
  • Online publication: 12 September 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009463362.005
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  • Medical Landscapes
  • Yoni Furas, University of Haifa, Israel, Liat Kozma, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book: Palestinian Doctors
  • Online publication: 12 September 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009463362.005
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  • Medical Landscapes
  • Yoni Furas, University of Haifa, Israel, Liat Kozma, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Book: Palestinian Doctors
  • Online publication: 12 September 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009463362.005
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