TY - JOUR
T1 - Public health, racial tensions, and body politic
T2 - Mass ringworm irradiation in Israel, 1949-1960
AU - Davidovitch, Nadav
AU - Margalit, Avital
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=50249148952&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2008.300.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2008.300.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 18840245
AN - SCOPUS:50249148952
SN - 1073-1105
VL - 36
SP - 522
EP - 529
JO - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
JF - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics
IS - 3
ER -