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Author:
Kantor, Martin.
Title:
Uncle Sam's shame : inside our broken Veterans Administration / Martin Kantor.
Publisher:
Praeger Security International,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
192 p. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
United States.--Veterans Health Administration--Evaluation.
United States.--Veterans Health Administration--Management.
United States.--Veterans Health Administration.
Veterans' hospitals--United States.
Veterans--Medical care--United States.
Hospitals, Veterans--United States.
Health Policy--United States.
Hospital-Patient Relations--United States.
Organizational Culture--United States.
United States Government Agencies--United States.
Veterans--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
An overview of the VA bureaucracy -- Psychological reasons for staff mistreating veterans -- Problematic medical care -- Problematic nonmedical administration -- Problematic medical administration -- Problematic ancillary staff -- Problematic veterans groups -- Problematic oversight from Washington -- Difficult patients -- The potentially violent VA patient -- Problems with the physical structure -- Money and VA medicine -- Toward better medical care for vets -- Self-help: how vets can become better medical consumers -- A look to the future/recommendations -- On the positive side.
ISBN:
031334650X (alk. paper)
9780313346507 (alk. paper)
LCCN:
2008008790
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)
NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)
PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington) — 362.1068 K16u

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