title: [The health policy of the "Rat der Volksbeauftragten": the German revolution of 1918/19 in medical historical perspective--part I: Legislation on health policy].
abstract: After the fall of the monarchy and the proclamation of the republic on 9 November 1918, the "Rat der Volksbeauftragten" ("Council of People's Representatives") was established as a provisional revolutionary government. It consisted of three members of the Majority Social Democratic Party (MSDP) and three members of the Independent Social Democratic Party (USPD). Because of irreconcilable political-ideological differences, the members of the USPD left government on 28 December, so that from this time until 10 February 1919 the MSPD governed alone. The "Rat der Volksbeauftragten" issued extensive decrees and legislation, including many laws on health policy. The study of these regulations allows a reconstruction of the interplay between the political ideas of the two social democratic parties, the requirements of health policy arising from the war, and the revolutionary events.
authors.affiliation: Kratzsch@em.uni-frankfurt.de
authors.forename: Tilman
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kratzsch
mesh_terms: D003709:Democracy; D005858:Germany; D006291:Health Policy / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007878:Legislation as Topic / Q000266:history*; D011057:Politics; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*; D012950:Socialism / Q000266:history*; D047828:World War I