Rehabilitating the wounded
Subtitle: historical perspective on Army policy
By: Sanders Marble.
Contributors: Marble, Sanders.; United States. Dept. of the Army. Office of the Surgeon General. Office of Medical History.
Publisher: Office of Medical History, Office of the Surgeon General
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Falls Church, Va.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
Subjects: United States. -- Army Medical Dept; United States. -- Veterans Health Administration; United States. -- Army Medical Department; Rehabilitation -- history -- United States; Health Policy -- history -- United States; History, 20th Century -- United States; Hospitals, Veterans -- history -- United States; Rehabilitation Centers -- history -- United States; United States Government Agencies -- history -- United States; War wounds -- Treatment; War wounds -- Patients -- Rehabilitation; Veterans -- Rehabilitation -- United States; Veterans -- Medical care -- United States; Veterans' hospitals -- United States -- Management; Veterans' hospitals -- Outpatient services -- United States; United States -- Armed Forces -- Medical care -- History
Notes: "June 2008."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Executive Summary; title: Conclusions; title: 1. World War I: Initial Policy Decisions and Questions of Implementation - Introduction; title: Setting Policy; title: Mental Patients; title: Blurry lines in amputee care; title: Problems differentiating rehabilitation and vocational education; title: Caring for the patients; title: Problems Implementing Rehabilitation; title: 2. 1919-1940: Between Wars - Introduction; title: The Veterans' Bureau; title: The Army general hospital system: developments; title: Mobilization Plans; title: The VB/VA hospital system: developments; title: 3. World War II; title: Introduction; title: The Gradual Mobilization; title: The Hospital Systems; title: The VA; title: The Army; title: Personnel; title: The VA; title: The Army; title: Developments of policy and practice; title: Demobilization; title: Reconditioning and Rehabilitation; title: Psychiatric Patients; title: 4. 1946-1956: A Changing Balance in Federal Healthcare:; title: Introduction; title: The VA Readjusts to Peace; title: The AMEDD Amid Change; title: Cutting Back Access to Army Hospitals; title: The Career Compensation Act of 1949; title: The Korean War; title: Convalescent Care; title: Aftermath of Korea; title: The Army reviews use of the VA; title: 5. 1956-1973: From the Dependents Medical Care Program to the Volunteer Army via Vietnam; title: Introduction; title: The VA; title: Changes in Medicine; title: The Army; title: The Changing Military Patient Population; title: The Vietnam War; title: The End of an Era; title: 6. 1973-2001: The All-Volunteer Force charts its course; title: Introduction; title: Personnel Shortages in the AMEDD; title: Rehabilitation Programs in the Army and VA; title: Changes in Medicine; title: Changing Patient Population; title: Rising Healthcare Costs; title: Planning for War and Supporting Deployments; title: Abbreviations.