Uncle Sam's shame
Subtitle: inside our broken Veterans Administration
By: Martin Kantor.
Publisher: Praeger Security International
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780313346507
Subjects: 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
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of the VA bureaucracy; title: Psychological reasons for staff mistreating veterans; title: Problematic medical care; title: Problematic nonmedical administration; title: Problematic medical administration; title: Problematic ancillary staff; title: Problematic veterans groups; title: Problematic oversight from Washington; title: Difficult patients; title: The potentially violent VA patient; title: Problems with the physical structure; title: Money and VA medicine; title: Toward better medical care for vets; title: Self-help: how vets can become better medical consumers; title: A look to the future/recommendations; title: On the positive side.