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Improving Care for Veterans

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Living with Grief®: Improving Care for Veterans Facing Illness and Death is the companion book to the Living with Grief® program. This book examines the impact that the military experience can have on veterans who are dying or facing grief and loss; special issues in treating veterans at the end of life, including tangible concerns such as pain management, as well as emotional issues like the need for forgiveness; and grief and loss issues for both veterans and military survivors.

Authors include clinicians from the Department of Veterans Affairs, hospice professionals, and academics, as well as personal perspectives from veterans themselves. Doka, K.J. (Ed) (2013) Washington, DC, Hospice Foundation of America. This book is indexed. (246 pages)

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Chuck Hagel

Part I : The Military Experience

The Military Milieu: A Grin-and-Bear-It Culture

Deborah Grassman

Voices: Understanding the Military Culture as a Context for Delivering Hospice Care: A Practical Application

Deborah Grassman

The Military Mindset

James Hallenbeck

Voices: Why Didn’t Anyone Ever Ask?

David Abrams

Generational Cohorts: A Military Perspective

Kenneth J. Doka

Part II: Special Issues in Treating Veterans at the End of Life

History of Hospice and Palliative Care in the Department of Veterans Affairs

James Hallenbeck

Coping with Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) at Life’s End: Managing Life Review

Ryan Weller                 

Grief and Traumatic Stress: Conceptualizations and Counseling Services for Veterans

Lori R. Daniels

Forgiveness: A Reckoning Process that Facilitates Peace

Deborah Grassman

Voices: A Voice From a Clinician

Deborah Grassman

Special Issues in Pain Management

V.S. Periyakoil

Voices: The Survivalist. Or Tired and Brave.

Nicky Quinlan

Caring for Seriously Ill Veterans in the Community: Communication, Collaboration, and Coordination Diane H. Jones                                                                

Programs that Work: We Honor Veterans

PART  III: Grief and Loss

Sacred Ceremonies, Sacred Space: The Role of Rituals and Memorials in Grief and Loss

Kenneth J.  Doka

Profaning the Sacred: The Disruption of Military Funerals

Kenneth J. Doka

Serving the Bereavement Needs of Veterans and Their Families

Patricia McGuire

Combat Death:  A Clinical Perspective

Jill Harrington-LaMorie with Betsy Beard

Voices: A Military Widow

Joanne Steen

Military Suicide: Counseling Survivors

Antoon A. Leenaars

Concluding Comments

Kenneth J. Doka

Resources

Index