Veteran care and services : essays and case studies on practices, innovations and challenges /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gonzalez, Joaquin Jay, III (Editor ), McGee, Mickey P., 1949- (Editor ), Kemp, Roger L. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
Temas:
United States. > Department of Veterans Affairs > Rules and practice.
United States. > Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans > Services for > United States.
Veterans > Medical care > United States.
Veterans > Education > United States.
Veterans > Employment > United States.
Homeless veterans > United States.
Health services accessibility > United States.
Medical care > Technological innovations > United States.
Anciens combattants > Services > États-Unis.
Anciens combattants > Soins médicaux > États-Unis.
Anciens combattants > Éducation > États-Unis.
Anciens combattants > Travail > États-Unis.
Anciens combattants sans-abri > États-Unis.
Services de santé > Accessibilité > États-Unis.
Soins médicaux > Innovations > États-Unis.
Veterans > Employment
Veterans > Education
Homeless veterans
Health services accessibility
Medical care > Technological innovations
Veterans > Medical care
Veterans > Services for
United States
Rules
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Acknowledgments
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Part I. Introduction
  • A. Governments
  • 1. The GI Bill of Rights: History and Timeline (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
  • 2. Mission and History of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
  • 3. City Veteran Services (Department of Veterans' Services, City of Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  • 4. The Local Government Community Supports Veterans (Samantha Wagner)
  • 5. Helping Veterans Helps Communities (Jonn Melrose)
  • B. Nonprofits
  • 6. Veterans, Youth, Defense, Americanism, Communities (The American Legion)
  • 7. Want to Support Veterans? Four Tips for Finding Good Charities (Brian Mittendorf)
  • 8. From Its Counterculture Roots, Haight Ashbury Free Clinic Morphs (Laurie Udesky)
  • 9. Sometimes the Best Medicine for a Veteran is the Company of Another Veteran (Elisa Borah)
  • 10. Collaborating at the Local Level to Serve Veterans and Their Families (Sidney Gardner and Larisa Owen)
  • Part II. Services, Innovations and Challenges
  • A. Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship
  • 11. Military Transitioning: U.S. Coast Guard Service Member Preparation for Civilian Employment (Glenn J. Galman)
  • 12. Military Friendly Universities and Helping Veterans Succeed Academically (Silvana Giacalone and Mickey P. McGee)
  • 13. From Military Service to Public Service Through GI Bill (Roger L. Kemp)
  • 14. Military Lessons Applied to Private Sector Consultancy Work (Terry Curl)
  • 15. The emotional Challenges of Student Veterans on Campus (Ann Cheney)
  • 16. Veterans Legal Advocacy and Law Schools (Daniel Devoy)
  • 17. Veterans Guide to Finding a Job in Local Government: An Excerpt (Members of the ICMA Veterans Task Force)
  • 18. Veteran Profile: Clint Holmes Samantha Wagner
  • 19. Breaking Down Their Own Stereotypes to Give Veterans More Career Opportunities (Eileen Trauth)
  • 20. The Preferred Class? Veterans in the Workforce (Jeffrey R. Zimmerman)
  • 21. U.S. Civil Service's Preference for Hiring Military Vets Comes at a Hidden Cost (Gregory B. Lewis)
  • B. Health and Wellness
  • 22. Veterans and Medical Care (Willie L. Britt)
  • 23. Veterans and Chiropractic Care (Willie L. Britt)
  • 24. A VA Hospital You May Not Know (Sanjay Saint)
  • 25. Caring for Veterans: A Privilege and a Duty (Sanjay Saint)
  • 26. Military Veterans Battling Substance Abuse Helped by Addressing Addictions Together (Katherine Albertson)
  • 27. Fix for VA Health Snarls Veterans and Doctors in New Bureaucracy (Quil Lawrence, Eric Whitney and Michael Tomsic)
  • 28. Health Care Battle On Hill Has Veterans Defending Obamacare Benefits (Stephanie O'Neill)
  • 29. McCain's Complicated Health Care Legacy: He Hated the ACA. He Also Saved It (Emmarie Huetteman); 30. VA Adding Opioid Antidote to Defibrillator Cabinets for Quicker Overdose Response (Martha Bebinger)

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