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Veteran care and services : essays and case studies on practices, innovations and challenges / edited by Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III, Mickey P. McGee and Roger L. Kemp.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Veterans--Services for--United States.
- Veterans.
- Veterans--Services for.
- Medical care--Technological innovations.
- Medical care.
- Parliamentary practice.
- United States.
- Veterans--Medical care--United States.
- Veterans--Medical care.
- United States. Department of Veterans Affairs--Rules and practice.
- Health services accessibility--United States.
- Health services accessibility.
- Medical care--Technological innovations--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Introduction
- A. Governments
- 1. The GI Bill of Rights: History and Timeline (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
- 2. Mission and History of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
- 3. City Veteran Services (Department of Veterans' Services, City of Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- 4. The Local Government Community Supports Veterans (Samantha Wagner)
- 5. Helping Veterans Helps Communities (Jonn Melrose)
- B. Nonprofits
- 6. Veterans, Youth, Defense, Americanism, Communities (The American Legion)
- 7. Want to Support Veterans? Four Tips for Finding Good Charities (Brian Mittendorf)
- 8. From Its Counterculture Roots, Haight Ashbury Free Clinic Morphs (Laurie Udesky)
- 9. Sometimes the Best Medicine for a Veteran is the Company of Another Veteran (Elisa Borah)
- 10. Collaborating at the Local Level to Serve Veterans and Their Families (Sidney Gardner and Larisa Owen)
- Part II. Services, Innovations and Challenges
- A. Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship
- 11. Military Transitioning: U.S. Coast Guard Service Member Preparation for Civilian Employment (Glenn J. Galman)
- 12. Military Friendly Universities and Helping Veterans Succeed Academically (Silvana Giacalone and Mickey P. McGee)
- 13. From Military Service to Public Service Through GI Bill (Roger L. Kemp)
- 14. Military Lessons Applied to Private Sector Consultancy Work (Terry Curl)
- 15. The emotional Challenges of Student Veterans on Campus (Ann Cheney)
- 16. Veterans Legal Advocacy and Law Schools (Daniel Devoy)
- 17. Veterans Guide to Finding a Job in Local Government: An Excerpt (Members of the ICMA Veterans Task Force)
- 18. Veteran Profile: Clint Holmes Samantha Wagner
- 19. Breaking Down Their Own Stereotypes to Give Veterans More Career Opportunities (Eileen Trauth)
- 20. The Preferred Class? Veterans in the Workforce (Jeffrey R. Zimmerman)
- 21. U.S. Civil Service's Preference for Hiring Military Vets Comes at a Hidden Cost (Gregory B. Lewis)
- B. Health and Wellness
- 22. Veterans and Medical Care (Willie L. Britt)
- 23. Veterans and Chiropractic Care (Willie L. Britt)
- 24. A VA Hospital You May Not Know (Sanjay Saint)
- 25. Caring for Veterans: A Privilege and a Duty (Sanjay Saint)
- 26. Military Veterans Battling Substance Abuse Helped by Addressing Addictions Together (Katherine Albertson)
- 27. Fix for VA Health Snarls Veterans and Doctors in New Bureaucracy (Quil Lawrence, Eric Whitney and Michael Tomsic)
- 28. Health Care Battle On Hill Has Veterans Defending Obamacare Benefits (Stephanie O'Neill)
- 29. McCain's Complicated Health Care Legacy: He Hated the ACA. He Also Saved It (Emmarie Huetteman)
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- 30. VA Adding Opioid Antidote to Defibrillator Cabinets for Quicker Overdose Response (Martha Bebinger)
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 10, 2020).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Gonzalez, Joaquin Jay Veteran Care and Services : Essays and Case Studies on Practices, Innovations and Challenges
- ISBN:
- 9781476638577
- 1476638578
- Publisher Number:
- 99990187753
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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