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Burdens of war : creating the United States Veterans Health System /
"During and after World War I, policy makers, soldiers, and veterans laid the groundwork for the extension of government-sponsored medical care to millions of former service members. In the process, they built a pillar of the American welfare state. Legislation and rehabilitation plans formulat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | Reconfiguring American political history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- a solemn obligation: war, and federally sponsored health care vi
- An extra-hazardous occupation: preparing for the health outcomes of war
- A stupendous task: dynamics and challenges of domestic military health care
- War was hell but the after-war effects were 'heller': an Army responsibility becomes a societal obligation
- The debt we owe them: advocating, funding, and planning for veterans' health Care
- One of the epochs of veteran relief: creating and growing the Veterans' Bureau and its hospitals
- The scope of the scheme is widened: experiencing and entrenching a federal health system
- State medicine: enduring under fire
- Conclusion: A huge policy success story? The legacy of Great War health policy.