Health and Social Care in Slovenia from 1945 to 1953 with the Emphasis on the Development of Legislation Cover Image

Zdravstveno in socialno varstvo v Sloveniji v letih 1945-1953 s poudarkom na razvoju zakonodaje
Health and Social Care in Slovenia from 1945 to 1953 with the Emphasis on the Development of Legislation

Author(s): Dunja Dobaja
Subject(s): Civil Society, Governance, Political history, Welfare systems, Social development, Health and medicine and law, Family and social welfare, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino
Keywords: Slovenia; Yugoslavia; social insurance; health care; legislation;

Summary/Abstract: The author of the following article focuses on the first period in the Slovenian society after World War II, when the so-called new people's authorities attempted to legally implement the promises of social justice for all the citizens of the new state. It pursued this goal in accordance with the model of the first socialist state - the Soviet Union. The period under consideration, when the changes were introduced gradually, is the time of centralised management of health and social care, when all citizens were supposed to be entitled to this care. Naturally, those who sided with the winners had privileges, while the opposition was disfavoured. The author also touches upon this issue. She concludes the period in question with the year 1953, when the process of the "socialisation" of health and social services and their harmonisation with the socialist order had already begun.

  • Issue Year: 49/2009
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 125-147
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Slovenian