Wounds of war : how the VA delivers health, healing, and hope to the nation's veterans / Suzanne Gordon.
Gordon, Suzanne, 1945- author.
2018
UB369 .W678 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Wounds of war : how the VA delivers health, healing, and hope to the nation's veterans / Suzanne Gordon.
Author
Gordon, Suzanne, 1945- author.
ISBN
9781501730825 (hardcover)
1501730827 (hardcover)
Published
Ithaca ; London : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 448 pages ; 24 cm.
Call Number
UB369 .W678 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.1086/970973
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Culture and politics of health care work.
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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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