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Wounds of War How the VA Delivers Health, Healing, and Hope to the Nation's Veterans
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Title
Wounds of War [electronic resource] : How the VA Delivers Health, Healing, and Hope to the Nation's Veterans / Suzanne Gordon.
ISBN
1501730843
9781501730849
9781501730825
Published
London : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2018. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (448 pages ).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"The book looks at the largest hospital system in the country, the Veterans Healthcare Administration--one that has come under fire from critics in the White House, on Capitol Hill, and in the nation's media. The author spent five years closely observing the VHA's treatment of patients suffering from service related injuries, physical and mental. This book describes how the VHA, tasked with a challenging patient population, does a better job than private sector institutions offering primary and geriatric care, mental health and home care services, and support for patients nearing the end of life. It explores how the resulting public debate about the future of veterans' health care has pitted VHA patients and their care-givers against politicians and policy-makers who believe that former military personnel would be better served by private health care providers"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - 2019 Complete.
Project MUSE - 2019 Public Health and Health Policy.
Other formats
Online version: Gordon, Suzanne, 1945- author. Wounds of war Ithaca, New York : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2018
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 03, 2019
Series
The culture and politics of health care work
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : what kind of care for veterans?
Promises broken and kept : a short history of the VHA
Those who have borne the battle : the VHA's patient population
Profile : what it means to be a VHA volunteer
Primary care the way it should be
Healing minds and bodies : integrated mental health care and primary care
Dealing with a world of hurt : VHA treatment of chronic pain
When wounded warriors are women : caring for female veterans
Mental health the way it should be
Unpacking PTSD : from diagnosis to effective treatment
Profile : Karen Parko : a special kind of professional development at the VA
Returning to civilian life : veterans on campus
Suicide prevention : VA programs that save lives
Overcoming disability : VA rehabilitation services
Transcending trauma : the Martinez cognitive rehabilitation program
Off the streets : reducing veteran homelessness
Alternatives to jail : veterans justice programs
Profile : cops and vets : the Memphis crisis intervention model
Specializing in elder care : the VA and geriatrics
Knocking on heaven's door : the VA and end-of-life care
Better care where? The VHA compared to the private sector
Conclusion : a system worth saving and making even better.
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