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Wounds of War : How the VA Delivers Health, Healing, and Hope to the Nation's Veterans /
"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 patient...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, New York :
ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press,
2018.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.