Health and the war. Changing schemes and health conditions during the Spanish civil war

This paper focuses on the health reforms during the republican Spain (1931-1939) and the crisis derived from the three-year of civil war. It considers how the war affected the health system and the impairment of health conditions of the population during the late 1930s, considering the changing cond...

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Autores: Barona-Vilar, Josep L.|||0000-0003-4145-9152, Perdiguero Gil, Enrique|||0000-0003-0870-3512
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2008
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositório:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:40634
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/40634
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.4321/S0211-95362008000100005
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Salut
Organització sanitària
Guerra civil espanyola
Refugiats
Salud
Organización sanitaria
Guerra civil española
Refugiados
Health
Health organization
Spanish civil war
Refugees
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Resumo:This paper focuses on the health reforms during the republican Spain (1931-1939) and the crisis derived from the three-year of civil war. It considers how the war affected the health system and the impairment of health conditions of the population during the late 1930s, considering the changing conditions caused by the conflict. Some of the specific topics analysed are the changing healthcare system, the adaptation of health organization after the outbreak of the war, the impact of the war on the health of the population and epidemiological changes, the problem of the refugees and the clinical studies by experts, mainly on undernourishment.