Glimpses of the new veteran
Subtitle: changed constituencies, different disabilities, and evolving resolutions
By: Alice A. Booher, Editor
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Durham, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781611637083
Subjects: Veterans; Social conditions; Disabled veterans; Services for
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Introduction; title: Changed constituencies; title: The nondraft veterans population, all volunteer force, guard, reserves, and family; title: Inclusivity / Marti Nell Hyland; title: Don't ask don't tell repeal and ramifications / Judie A. Armington; title: Historical progression : history of VA health care, benefit initiatives, and selected legislation for women veterans / Irene Trowell-Harris & Lory Manning; title: Homeless veterans / Anthony Mainelli; title: Aging, caregiving, fading, dying, and remembering / Alice A. Booher; title: Different disabilities; title: Gulf War illnesses / James P. Terry; title: Wounded warrior care for reserves / Lee Becker & Lawrence Miller; title: Prosthetics, transplantations, and beyond / Rhonda L.S. Cornum, Kory G. Cornum, & William Gunnar; title: Evolving resolutions; title: A benefits system for the information age / James D. Ridgway; title: Wounded warriors and employment opportunities / Aragorn Thor Wold; title: Veterans service officers / Roy Spicer; title: U.s. armed forces retirement home / Carolyn Haug; title: The Zachary Fisher legacy / Alice A. Booher, with David A. Coker & James D. Weiskopf; title: Law firm : for the public good / Ronald L. Smith; title: State veterans service departments : The Commonwealth of Virginia / Alice A. Booher, with Paul Galanti; title: Veterans treatment courts / Rick Williams; title: Corporate involvement / Terry Howell; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix: President Obama press conference transcript; title: Contributors and biographies; title: Acknowledgements.