Returning Wars' Wounded, Injured, and Ill: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary Military, Strategic, and Security Issues)
This book will provide veterans with disabilities, their families, friends, and supporters with the knowledge that they are not alone. It will help them understand how the disabilities are impacting them, and guide them to information and resources that will help them accommodate the disabilities and reintegrate back into civilian society."This book offers guidance to those who have returned from military service with physical and/or emotional injuries and disabilities. It is not only for veterans but also for the friends, family members, and professionals who serve and support these brave men and women…Public libraries will want this book for veterans in their communities, and academic libraries will want it for the growing number of veterans attending their campuses following active duty. This book will also support academic programs in public policy, psychology, counseling, and related fields… Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers."-Choice"…should be required reading for any Army Medical Department staff member involved in patient care of wounded warriors, and should also be recommended reading for family members of a wounded warrior. . . . This book has made a valiant attempt to close the gap of uncertainty in how to care for our wounded, while providing a roadmap to better and more meaningful and productive lives for soldiers and their caregivers."-Parameters