The battle for veterans' healthcare : dispatches from the frontlines of policy making and patient care / Suzanne Gordon ; foreword by Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D., M.P.H.

Author
Gordon, Suzanne, 1945- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Ithaca : Cornell Publishing, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
124 pages ; 23 cm

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    Gordon goes to the frontlines of federal policy-making and healthcare delivery to show how it affects eight million Americans whose military services makes them eligible for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) coverage. She describes a federal agency under siege. Though functioning better than most private hospital systems, the VHA may end up looking like them-- to the detriment of patients and providers alike. -- adapted from back cover
    Bibliographic references
    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.
    ISBN
    • 9781501714559 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 1501714554
    LCCN
    2017009265
    OCLC
    974035812
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