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Title: |
Veteran Injuries, Disorders & Medical Care Service |
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| By (author): |
Jessica Michaels, Jesse E Levine |
| ISBN10-13: |
1620813025 : 9781620813027 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
172 |
| Weight: |
.556 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - October 2012 |
| List Price: |
194.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Subjects: |
Military veterans |
| A broad range of medical care services and benefits are offered to veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. This book examines a variety of medical conditions which afflict veterans, basic eligibility criteria for VA administered veterans' benefits, types of medical care offered and social policy considerations. Topics include suicide and VA prevention efforts; PTSD and substance use among Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veterans; traumatic brain injury among veterans; veterans' mental health; VA community living centres; outpatient clinics; and veterans' medical care appropriations. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; "Who is a Veteran?" - Basic Eligibility for Veterans' Benefits; Veterans Affairs: Presumptive Service Connection & Disability Compensation; Suicide, PTSD, & Substance Use Among OEF/OIF Veterans Using VA Health Care: Facts & Figures; Traumatic Brain Injury Among Veterans; Suicide Prevention Efforts of the Veterans Health Administration; VA Mental Health: Number of Veterans Receiving Care, Barriers Faced, & Efforts to Increase Access; VA Community Living Centers: Actions Needed to Better Manage Risks to Veterans' Quality of Life & Care; Veterans Health Administration: Community-Based Outpatient Clinics; Veterans' Medical Care: FY2012 Appropriations; Index. |
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