Military health care : from pre-deployment to post-separation / editors, Jomana Amara, Ann M. Hendricks.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Amara, Jomana, 1961-

Hendricks, Ann M., 1947-

Series:

Cass military studies.

Cass Military Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Veterans--Medical care--United States.

Veterans.

Medicine, Military--United States.

Medicine, Military.

United States--Armed Forces--Medical care.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 322 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edited volume surveys critical aspects of modern military health care in the US and various other Western countries with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the United States, the military medical system, including care for veterans, is large and diverse and involves two institutions, the US Department of Defense (DoD) and the US Department of Veteranʹs Affairs (VA). Studying the system gives practitioners and policy-makers an understanding of the larger picture of the military medical structure, facilitating thought about some of the difficulties and opportunities for coordinating treatments and preparing for the future. This book covers health care issues prior to deployment, such as screening for mental health, evaluating long-term consequences of exposure to military service, and provision of insurance; care during a conflict, primarily battlefield clinics, battlefield trauma care, and evacuation procedures; and post- combat care, including serious war injuries, psychiatric, and long-term care. Bringing together research from a wide range of contributors, the volume provides readers with an extensive, up-to-date source of information on military medicine. -- Publisher description

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Military Health Care: From pre-deployment to post-separation""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""PART I Overview""; ""1 Survey of military medical care from pre-deployment to post-separation""; ""2 OEF/OIF demographics compared with previous cohorts: Implications for medical care""; ""3 Health care and insurance for US military service members: Active duty, national guard, reserve, veterans, and retired""; ""PART II Pre-deployment""

""4 Pre-deployment medical policy development: Perspectives from the experience of US Central Command""""5 The Millennium Cohort Study: Answering long-term health concerns of US military service members by integrating longitudinal survey data with military health system records""; ""6 Screening for mental illness in the armed forces""; ""7 Ongoing efforts to address the public health problem of military suicide within the United States Department of Defense""; ""PART III Deployment""; ""8 Far forward medical care for US service members""; ""9 Evolution in optimal use of Navy hospital ships""

""PART IV Post-deployment""""10 The history and evolution of traumatic brain injury rehabilitation in military service members and veterans in the United States""; ""11 Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury: DoD's response to psychological health (PH) and traumatic brain injury (TBI)""; ""12 Department of Veterans Affairs response to risk of suicide for veterans""; ""13 An overview of toxicant exposures in veteran cohorts from Vietnam to Iraq""; ""14 VHA health care in response to a new generation of female veterans""

""15 Health, aging, and the post-service life cycles of US veterans""""16 Veteran care at the end of life: Their last battle""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-136-74239-5

1-136-74232-8

0-203-56849-4

9780203568491

OCLC:

922959391