Military Health Care: From Pre-Deployment to Post-Separation

ISBN-13: 9780415524025 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 344 str.

Jomana Amara; Ann Hendricks

Opis

This volume surveys critical aspects of modern military health care in the US and various other Western countries with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. It 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.

Spis treści

Section I: Overview  1. Survey of Military Medical Care from Pre-Deployment to Post-Separation, Jomana Amara and Ann Hendricks  2. OEF/OIF Demographics Compared to Previous Cohorts: Implications for Medical Care, Ann Hendricks and Jomana Amara  3. Health Care and Insurance for U.S. Military Service Members: Active Duty, National Guard, Reserve, Veterans, and Retired, Elizabeth Bass, Heidi Golding, and Allison Percy  Section II: Pre-Deployment  4. Pre-Deployment Medical Policy Development: Perspectives from the Experience of U. S. Central Command, Theodore R Brown  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, Nancy F. Crum-Cianflone  6. Screening for Mental Illness in the Armed Forces, Roberto J. Rona and Simon Wessely  7. Ongoing Efforts to Address the Public Health Problem of Military Suicide within the United States Department of Defense, Robert Ireland, Marjan Ghahramanlou-Holloway, and David G. Brown  Section III: Deployment  8. Far Forward Medical Care for U.S. Service Members, Bryan Fisk  9 Evolution in Optimal Use of Navy Hospital Ships, Natalie Webb and Anke Richter  Section IV: Post-Deployment  10. The History and Evolution of Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation in Military Service Members and Veterans in the United States, David X. Cifu, Jay P. Granier, Jamie Grimes, Tammy Crowder, Ajit B Pai, and Henry L. Lew  11. Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury: DoD’s Response to Psychological Health (PH) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Christopher Robinson, Katherine Helmick, Jason Guthrie  12. Veterans Affairs Response to Risk of Suicide for Veterans, Tim A. Bullman , Han K. Kang  13. An Overview of Toxicant Exposures in Veteran Cohorts from Vietnam to Iraq, Kimberly Sullivan, Maxine Krengel, Patricia Janulewicz Lloyd, and Jonviea Chamberlain  14. VHA Health Care in Response to a New Generation of Female Veterans, Rachel Kimerling, Sally Haskell, Shira Maguen, Kristin Mattocks, Stacey Garrett-Ray, Laure Veet, and Susan McCutcheon  15. Health, Aging, and the Post-Service Life Cycles of US Veterans, Alair MacLean and Ryan Edwards  16. Veteran Care at the End of Life: Their Last Battle, Deborah L. Grassman and Scott T. Shreve