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The VHA compared to the private sector -- Conclusion : a system worth saving and making even better. 330 $aU.S. military conflicts abroad have left nine million Americans dependent on the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for medical care. Their "wounds of war" are treated by the largest hospital system in the country-one that has come under fire from critics in the White House, on Capitol Hill, and in the nation's media. The resulting public debate about the future of veterans' health care has pitted VHA patients and their care-givers against politicians and policy-makers who believe that former military personnel would be better served by private health care providers.This high stakes controversy led Suzanne Gordon, award-winning health care journalist and author, to seek insight from veterans and their families, VHA staff and administrators, advocates for veterans, and proponents of privatization. Gordon spent five years closely observing the VHA's treatment of patients suffering from service related injuries, physical and mental.In Wounds of War, Gordon describes how the VHA-tasked with a challenging patient population- does a better job than private sector institutions offering primary and geriatric care, mental health and home care services, and support for patients nearing the end of life. The VHA, Gordon argues, is an integrated health care system worthy of wider emulation, rather than piece-meal dismantling for the benefit of private contractors. In the unusual culture of solidarity between patients and providers that the VHA has fostered, the author finds a working model for higher quality health care and a much-needed alternative to the practice of for-profit medicine. 410 0$aCulture and politics of health care work. 606 $aVeterans$xMedical care$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aVeterans$xMedical care 676 $a362.860973 700 $aGordon$b Suzanne$f1945-$01030710 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466922403321 996 $aWounds of war$92448701 997 $aUNINA LEADER 02832oam 2200529 a 450 001 9910696625903321 005 20080617083646.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000002380605 035 $a(OCoLC)228635853 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002380605 100 $a20080523d2008 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHigh-containment biosafety laboratories$b[electronic resource] $eDHS lacks evidence to conclude that foot-and-mouth disease research can be done safely on the U.S. mainland : testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives /$fstatement of Nancy Kingsbury, United States Government Accountability Office 210 1$a[Washington, D.C.] :$cU.S. Govt. 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