Public health, racial tensions, and body politic: Mass ringworm irradiation in Israel, 1949-1960

Nadav Davidovitch; Avital Margalit

doi:10.1111/j.1748-720X.2008.300.x

Public health, racial tensions, and body politic: Mass ringworm irradiation in Israel, 1949-1960

Nadav Davidovitch, Avital Margalit

Department of Health Policy and Management

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In this essay, we analyze the case study of mass ringworm irradiation conducted in Israel during its first years of existence and its consequences. We analyzed the case study of ringworm irradiation in the framework of racial construction of illness and its treatment, showing the elasticity of race and ethnicity as medical and social categories.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	522-529
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
Volume	36
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720X.2008.300.x
State	Published - 1 Jan 2008

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Public health, racial tensions, and body politic: Mass ringworm irradiation in Israel, 1949-1960

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