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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
How the VHA works -- Ignoring the facts : the anti-vet agenda -- The New York times wait-time fixation -- Bernie Sanders and the VHA -- With friends like these -- What kind of patient experience? -- In defense of art -- Chairman Miller interferes -- The strawman document -- The commission's final report -- Not everyone heard on Capitol Hill -- Conversation with a commissioner -- How VHA research saves lives -- Empowering nurses and providing high-quality patient care -- Making PTSD treatment more effective -- The brain at war -- Suicide by gun -- Mindfulness at Fort Miley -- Epilogue : Trump and the VHA. |
| Note |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Summary |
In The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare, award-winning author Suzanne Gordon takes us to the front lines of federal policymaking and healthcare delivery, as it affects eight million Americans whose military service makes them eligible for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) coverage. Gordon's collected dispatches provide insight and information too often missing from mainstream media reporting on the VHA and from Capitol Hill debates about its future. Drawing on interviews with veterans and their families, VHA staff and administrators, health care policy experts and Congressional decision makers, Gordon describes a federal agency under siege that nevertheless accomplishes its difficult mission of serving men and women injured, in myriad ways, while on active duty. The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare is an essential primer on VHA care and a call to action by veterans, their advocacy organizations, and political allies. Without lobbying efforts and broader public understanding of what's at stake, a system now functioning far better than most private hospital systems may end up looking more like them, to the detriment of patients and providers alike. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription MasterFILE Reference Collection |
| Subject |
United States. Veterans Health Administration.
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United States. Veterans Health Administration. (OCoLC)fst00672464
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Veterans -- Medical care -- United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Veterans -- Medical care.
(OCoLC)fst01165761
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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United States.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gordon, Suzanne, 1945- Battle for veterans' healthcare. Ithaca : Published in association with Cornell University Press, 2017 9781501714559 (DLC) 2017009265 |
| ISBN |
9781501714566 (epub/mobi) |
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9781501714573 (pdf) |
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1501714562 |
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1501714570 |
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9781501714559 |
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