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Separate and cooperate, cooperate and separate : the disengagement of the Palestine health care system from Israel and its emergence as an independent system

Written by 36 Palestinian, Israeli, and international health professionals, this book is a courageous experiment, the first of its kind, made by individuals from both sides of the Israeli-Palestianian conflict, jointly examining their common history in the field of health and the future that awaits them.
Print Book, English, 2002
Praeger, Westport, Conn., 2002
xix, 353 pages ; 24 cm
9780275975838, 0275975835
47863289
PrefaceInternational PerspectiveThe Transition of the Palestinian Health Care System: An International Perspective by Richard B. SaltmanThe Legacy of the Past (1917-1967)An Introduction to the History of Arab Health Care During the British Mandate, 1920-1947 by Sandy SufianEyewitness Account: The Role of Jordan in Shaping the Health System in the West Bank and the Origins of Palestinian Health Non-Governmental Organizations by Amin KhatibIsreal Administration of the Health Sector in the West Bank and Gaza (1967-1994)The Development and Provision of Health Services by Isreal to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, 1967-1994 by Yitzhak Sever and Yitzhak PeterburgData for Policy and Data Policy: Tewnty-Seven Years of Information Gathering for Management, Monitoring, Planning, and Reporting by Tamara Barnea and Irah KahnemanOne Epidemiologic Family Changing Disease Patterns and the Health Status of the Palestinian Population of the West Bank and Gaza by Theodore TulchinskyFrom Home Delivery to Hospital Delivery: The Transformation of Mother and Child Care in the West Bank by Cilla AckerA Health Care System in Need of Rehabilitation by Neve Gordon and Ruchama MartonThe Training of High Quality Health Professionals by the Hadassah Medical Organization by Shmuel PenchasEyewitness Account: Life Within a Professional Bubble in Gaza by Ron LobelThere Is Another Way: The Attempt to Switch from Occupation to Governance by Ephraim SnehFrom Dependency to Independence (1994-2000)The Long Road to Independence in Health: A Personal Account by Riad Za'nounPalestine and Health for All: The Past, the Present, and the Future by Fathi ArafatThe Introduction of Palestinian National Thinking Regarding Health Care by Rafiq HusseiniStatistics in a New Countru: Challenges and Milestones, the Case of Health by Hasan Abu-LibdehFinancing the Health Care System in Palestine: Rationalize or Bust! by Rafiq HusseiniThe Planning and Development of Health Human Resources in Palestine by Varsen Aghabekian ShahinThe Development of Palestinian Hospital Services by Tawfiq Nasser and Mordechai ShaniUpgrading the Palestinian System: Improving Quality and Management by Rashad M. MassoudEncouraging Healthy Lifestyles: The Development of a Palestinian Public Health Agency to Lead Health Promotion and Education by Mohamed Afifi and Deborah GreenbergEmerging Health Issues in Palestine by Abdel Rahim Abu Saleh, Jean Calder, and Hikmat AjjuriJoint Efforts of Hadassah and the Palestinian Authority in Curbing HIV/AIDS and other Infectious Diseases by Shlomo Maayan and Asa'd RamlawiThe Voice of Palestine Consumers in Health Care by Hossam Sharkawi and David ChinitzThe Role of International PlayersCan't Live With Them, Can't Live Without Them by Hossam SharkawiInternational Aid to the Palestinian Health System, 1987-2000: The Donor's Perspective by Greta van Bleek and Cathy GritznerIsraeli-Palestinian Cooperation in the Health FieldCooperate and Cooperate: The Role of Health Professionals in Promoting Coexistence by Tamara Barnea and Ziad AbdeenBuilding Bridges Through Health: The Experience of the Palestine Council of Health and the Economic Cooperation Foundation, 1995-1999 by Gary Sussman, et al.AfterwordAppendix: Social Demographic and Health Statistics in PalestineSelected Bibliography
"With the support of the Post-Conflict Unit of the World Bank and Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies."