LEADER 04673oam 22005774a 450 001 9910817730603321 005 20170922081549.0 010 $a1-4214-2288-3 035 $a(CKB)4340000000188732 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4862710 035 $a(OCoLC)1002109202 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse60479 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000188732 100 $a20160921d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBurdens of War$eCreating the United States Veterans Health System /$fJessica L. Adler 210 1$aBaltimore :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d[2017] 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2017 210 4$dİ[2017] 215 $a1 online resource (368 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 $a1-4214-2287-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction - a solemn obligation: war, and federally sponsored health care vi -- An extra-hazardous occupation: preparing for the health outcomes of war -- A stupendous task: dynamics and challenges of domestic military health care -- War was hell but the after-war effects were 'heller': an Army responsibility becomes a societal obligation -- The debt we owe them: advocating, funding, and planning for veterans' health Care -- One of the epochs of veteran relief: creating and growing the Veterans' Bureau and its hospitals -- The scope of the scheme is widened: experiencing and entrenching a federal health system -- State medicine: enduring under fire -- Conclusion: A huge policy success story? The legacy of Great War health policy. 330 $a"During and after World War I, policy makers, soldiers, and veterans laid the groundwork for the extension of government-sponsored medical care to millions of former service members. In the process, they built a pillar of the American welfare state. Legislation and rehabilitation plans formulated shortly after the U.S. entered the Great War aimed to minimize the government's long-term obligations to veterans, but within a decade, those who had served gained conditional access to their own direct assistance agency and a national system of hospitals. Burdens of War explains why that drastic transition occurred, and how one group of citizens won the right to obtain publicly funded health services. The story of the early roots of service-related health policies has a variety of larger implications. It shows how veterans' welfare shifted from centering on pension and domicile care programs rooted in the nineteenth century to the provision of access to direct medical services; how shifting ideals about hospitals and medical care influenced policy at the dusk of the Progressive Era; how race, class, and gender shaped the health-related experiences of soldiers, veterans, and caregivers; and how interest groups capitalized on a tense political and social climate to bring about change. On a general level, an examination of the roots of a nationwide veterans' hospital system demonstrates how privileges were won in the twentieth-century United States. It reveals a moment of state expansion, but also illustrates the wider tendency of the U.S. government to award entitlements selectively. The policies that paved the way for the advent of a veterans' medical system thus deserve to be considered as foundational in the development and shape of the American welfare state."--Provided by publisher. 606 $aMedical policy$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aVeterans$xServices for$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aVeterans' hospitals$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aDisabled veterans$xRehabilitation$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xVeterans$xMedical care$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xMedical care$zUnited States 606 $aVeterans$xMedical care$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMedical policy$xHistory 615 0$aVeterans$xServices for$xHistory 615 0$aVeterans' hospitals$xHistory 615 0$aDisabled veterans$xRehabilitation$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xVeterans$xMedical care$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xMedical care 615 0$aVeterans$xMedical care$xHistory 676 $a362.1086/970973 700 $aAdler$b Jessica L.$f1978-$01721545 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817730603321 996 $aBurdens of War$94121234 997 $aUNINA