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