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Reorganizing the Military Health Systemby Susan D. Hosek; Gary Cecchine
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95Since the end of World War II, the question of whether to create a unified military health system has arisen repeatedly. Now that a managed-care programme - called TRICARE - is operational, the military health system organization is again in the spotlight. This book documents research in this area. more...
Putting Practice Guidelines to Work in the Department of Defense Medical Systemby Will Nicholas; Donna O. Farley; Mary E. Valana; Shan Cretin
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This guide is designed as a "how to" resource for managers and clinicians in the military health system who seek practical techniques to help them intergrate evidence-based practice guidelines into the medical care processes at their medical treatment facilities (MTFs). more...
The Elasticity of Demand for Health Careby Jeanne S. Ringel; Susan D. Hosek; Ben A. Vollard; Sergej Mahnovski
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95This report reviews the economic literature on the elasticity of demand for health care to provide a framework for understanding the effects of changes in the military health system benefit structure on the demand for health care services paid for by the DoD. more...
Triage for Civil Supportby Gary Cecchine; Michael A. Wermuth; Roger C. Molander; K. Scott McMahon
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95Even before September 11, 2001, threat assessments suggested that the United States should prepare to respond to terrorist attacks inside its borders. This monograph examines the use of military medical assets to support civil authorities in the aftermath of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or conventional high explosives attack inside the United States. more...
What Every Person Should Know About Warby Chris Hedges
Simon & Schuster 2007; US$ 10.99Acclaimed New York Times journalist and author Chris Hedges offers a critical -- and fascinating -- lesson in the dangerous realities of our age: a stark look at the effects of war on combatants. Utterly lacking in rhetoric or dogma, this manual relies instead on bare fact, frank description, and a spare question-and-answer format. Hedges allows U.S. military documentation of the brutalizing physical and psychological consequences of combat to speak for itself. Hedges poses dozens of questions that young soldiers might ask about combat, and then answers them by quoting from medical and psychological studies. What are my chances of being wounded or killed if we go to war? What does it feel like to get shot? What... more...
Foundation for Integrating Employee Health Activities for Active Duty Personnel in the Department of Defenseby Gary Cecchine; Elizabeth M. Sloss; Christopher Nelson
RAND Corporation 2009; US$ 9.95The authors describe current Department of Defense safety and occupational health programs and health information systems, as well as employee health programs outside of DoD to provide a foundation for considering a more integrated Department of Defense employee health program. more...
Surgeons at Warby MATTHEW KAUFMAN
ABC-CLIO 2000; US$ 185.00Kaufman examines the training and status of British military surgeons during the late 18th and 19th centuries. Their management of the sick and wounded during the wars with France leading up to and including the Peninsular War is also described. He concludes with an analysis of the medical problems associated with the Crimean War.||Using important contemporary texts, Kaufman describes the personalities who served in the British Army Medical Department during the late 18th and 19th centuries, when diseases caused a much higher mortality than injuries sustained in battle. Many military surgeons were only poorly trained, and the management of the sick and wounded only gradually improved over this period despite significant advances in medicine,... more...
For God and Countryby James Yee
PublicAffairs 2005; US$ 24.00What do you believe in? James Yee believed in God and America and one of those got him thrown in jail. more...
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