Wounds of War (eBook)

How the VA Delivers Health, Healing, and Hope to the Nation's Veterans

Suzanne Gordon (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
464 Seiten
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-3083-2 (ISBN)

Infos

U.S. military conflicts abroad have left nine million Americans dependent on the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for medical care. Their "e;wounds of war"e; are treated by the largest hospital system in the countryone that has come under fire from critics in the White House, on Capitol Hill, and in the nation's media.In Wounds of War, Suzanne Gordon draws on five years of observational research to describe how the VHA 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. In the unusual culture of solidarity between patients and providers that the VHA has fostered, Gordon finds a working model for higher-quality health care and a much-needed alternative to the practice of for-profit medicine.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2018
• Reihe/Serie: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
• Reihe/Serie: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
• Verlagsort: Ithaca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: alternative to privatization • Capitol Hill scrutiny • comprehensive care • end-of-life support • for-profit medicine alternative • Geriatric care • Government • government-run healthcare • Health • Healthcare • healthcare system • health policy • Home care • largest hospital system • Long-Term Care • Medical • Mental health services • Military • military conflicts • model of care • model of care, Veterans Health Administration, veterans, Government, Health, VA Mission Act, Pivitization • nine million Americans • nonprofit healthcare model • observational research • patient-provider solidarity • Pivitization • Primary Care • private vs. public health • Public Health • public sector medicine • quality of care • VA hospitals • VA Mission Act • veteran advocacy • veterans • veterans’ medical needs • veterans’ well-being • Veterans Health Administration • White House criticism
• ISBN-10: 1-5017-3083-5 / 1501730835
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-3083-2 / 9781501730832