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Veteran care and services : essays and case studies on practices, innovations and challenges / edited by Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III, Mickey P. McGee and Roger L. Kemp

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Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 307 pages)
Additional Creators
Gonzalez, Joaquin Jay, III, McGee, Mickey P., 1949-, and Kemp, Roger L.
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Contents
Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part I. Introduction -- A. Governments -- 1. The GI Bill of Rights: History and Timeline (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) -- 2. Mission and History of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs) -- 3. City Veteran Services (Department of Veterans' Services, City of Cambridge, Massachusetts) -- 4. The Local Government Community Supports Veterans (Samantha Wagner) -- 5. Helping Veterans Helps Communities (Jonn Melrose) -- B. Nonprofits, 6. Veterans, Youth, Defense, Americanism, Communities (The American Legion) -- 7. Want to Support Veterans? Four Tips for Finding Good Charities (Brian Mittendorf) -- 8. From Its Counterculture Roots, Haight Ashbury Free Clinic Morphs (Laurie Udesky) -- 9. Sometimes the Best Medicine for a Veteran is the Company of Another Veteran (Elisa Borah) -- 10. Collaborating at the Local Level to Serve Veterans and Their Families (Sidney Gardner and Larisa Owen) -- Part II. Services, Innovations and Challenges -- A. Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship, 11. Military Transitioning: U.S. Coast Guard Service Member Preparation for Civilian Employment (Glenn J. Galman) -- 12. Military Friendly Universities and Helping Veterans Succeed Academically (Silvana Giacalone and Mickey P. McGee) -- 13. From Military Service to Public Service Through GI Bill (Roger L. Kemp) -- 14. Military Lessons Applied to Private Sector Consultancy Work (Terry Curl) -- 15. The emotional Challenges of Student Veterans on Campus (Ann Cheney) -- 16. Veterans Legal Advocacy and Law Schools (Daniel Devoy), 17. Veterans Guide to Finding a Job in Local Government: An Excerpt (Members of the ICMA Veterans Task Force) -- 18. Veteran Profile: Clint Holmes Samantha Wagner -- 19. Breaking Down Their Own Stereotypes to Give Veterans More Career Opportunities (Eileen Trauth) -- 20. The Preferred Class? Veterans in the Workforce (Jeffrey R. Zimmerman) -- 21. U.S. Civil Service's Preference for Hiring Military Vets Comes at a Hidden Cost (Gregory B. Lewis) -- B. Health and Wellness -- 22. Veterans and Medical Care (Willie L. Britt) -- 23. Veterans and Chiropractic Care (Willie L. Britt), and 24. A VA Hospital You May Not Know (Sanjay Saint) -- 25. Caring for Veterans: A Privilege and a Duty (Sanjay Saint) -- 26. Military Veterans Battling Substance Abuse Helped by Addressing Addictions Together (Katherine Albertson) -- 27. Fix for VA Health Snarls Veterans and Doctors in New Bureaucracy (Quil Lawrence, Eric Whitney and Michael Tomsic) -- 28. Health Care Battle On Hill Has Veterans Defending Obamacare Benefits (Stephanie O'Neill) -- 29. McCain's Complicated Health Care Legacy: He Hated the ACA. He Also Saved It (Emmarie Huetteman); 30. VA Adding Opioid Antidote to Defibrillator Cabinets for Quicker Overdose Response (Martha Bebinger)
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ISBN
9781476638577 (electronic bk.)
1476638578 (electronic bk.)
9781476673264 (paperback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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