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Limits in medical care and social relief during the Spanish Civil War in a rear-guard city: the inclusa of the provincial hospital of Valencia.
Xavier García FerrandisÀLvar Martínez Vidalsubject
RefugeeProvincial Hospital of Valenciahospital provincial de valenciaFoundling hospital060104 historyHistory and Philosophy of SciencePolitical scienceHealth careAZ20-999Guerra Civil españolainclusa0601 history and archaeologymadridHistory of medicine. Medical expeditionsR131-687Refugeesbusiness.industryinfanciaMadrid5506.17 Historia de la MedicinaHospital Provincial de Valencia06 humanities and the artsOvercrowdingrefugiadosChildhoodSpanish Civil WarSpanish Civil War060105 history of science technology & medicineInclusaHistory of scholarship and learning. The humanitiesInfanciabusinessHumanitiesguerra civil españolaRefugiadosdescription
Due to its geostrategic condition during the Spanish Civil War, Valencia became one of the Republican cities welcoming more refugees, including many children. In this scenario of demographic and health crisis, the town had to restructure the assistance network in order to accommodate thousands of displaced children, who often had their relatives in faraway places. The paper focuses in the progressive rehabilitation undertaken by the Inclusa of Valencia, which was the provincial foundling hospital. This included deep changes both in its operation and in the admission criteria, particularly following the transfer of the Inclusa of Madrid to Valencia. The resulting overcrowding encouraged the degradation of healthcare and the spread of infectious diseases among the welcomed children.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-01 |