Burdens of War : Creating the United States Veterans Health System /

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"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...

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Main Author: Adler, Jessica L., 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Seberíni, Ondrej.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
United States. > Veterans Bureau.
United States. > Veterans Bureau > History.
Weltkrieg > 1914-1918
Medizinische Versorgung
Veterans > Services for.
Veterans > Medical care.
Veterans' hospitals.
Medical policy.
Medical care.
Disabled veterans > Rehabilitation.
Veterans.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
veterans.
Anciens combattants.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Anciens combattants > Services > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Invalides de guerre > Readaptation > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Anciens combattants > Soins medicaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Soins medicaux > États-Unis.
Anciens combattants > Soins medicaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
World War I
Veterans
Hospitals, Veterans > history
History, 20th Century
Health Services > history
Health Policy > history
Disabled Persons > rehabilitation
Delivery of Health Care > history
Medical policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Veterans > Services for > United States > History > 20th century.
Veterans' hospitals > United States > History > 20th century.
Disabled veterans > Rehabilitation > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Veterans > Medical care > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Medical care > United States.
Veterans > Medical care > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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