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    VHA Health Care in Response to a New Generation of Female Veterans

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    Kimerling, Rachel
    Haskell, Sally
    Maguen, Shira
    Mattocks, Kristin M.
    Garrett-Ray, Stacy
    Veet, Laure
    McCutcheon, Susan
    UMass Chan Affiliations
    Department of Quantitative Health Sciences
    Document Type
    Book Chapter
    Publication Date
    2013-01-01
    Keywords
    Military & Strategic Studies
    Military Sociology
    Allied Health
    War & Conflict Studies
    Military Studies
    Security Studies
    Military and Veterans Studies
    Women's Health
    
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    http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415524025/
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    This book surveys critical aspects of modern military health care in the US and various other Western countries with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. 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.
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    Kimerling R, Haskell S, Maguen S, Mattocks K, Garrett-Ray S, Veet L, McCutcheon S. VHA Health Care in Response to a New Generation of Female Veterans. Amara J, Hendricks A (Eds). Military health care: From pre-deployment to post- separation. Abingdon: Routledge, 2013.

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