Protecting those who serve : strategies to protect the health of deployed U.S. forces / Committee on Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces.

Series:

Compass series (Washington, D.C.)

The compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Rules and practice.

United States.

Soldiers--Health and hygiene--United States.

Soldiers.

Soldiers--Protection--United States.

Soldiers--Health risk assessment--United States.

United States--Armed Forces--Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 102 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Strategies to protect the health of deployed U.S. forces

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the Gulf War ended in 1991, various constituencies, including a significant number of veterans, speculate that unidentified risk factors led to chronic, medically unexplained illnesses, and these constituencies challenge the depth of the military's commitment to protect the health of deployed troops. Despite general concurrence in findings to support these claims, few changes have been made at the field level. The most important recommendations remain unimplemented, despite the compelling rationale for urgent action. Protecting Those Who Serve illuminates these recommendations and government-developed plans that remain inactive due to a lack of authority within the Department of Defense, while describing the dangers that may result from failure to protect our forces in the field.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""REVIEWERS""; ""Acronyms""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 The Problem""; ""2 The Strategy""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A Study Scope and Statement of Task""; ""APPENDIX B Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Analytical Framework for Assessing Risks Executive Summary""; ""APPENDIX C Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Detecting, Characterizing, and Documenting Exposures Executive Summary""; ""APPENDIX D Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Force Protection and Decontamination; Executive Summary""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-42).

ISBN:

9780309183741

030918374X

9780309557764

0309557763

OCLC:

817960326