Don Philpott, Książki USA
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wounded
warrior
handbook
A Resource Guide for Returning Veterans
Don Philpott and Janelle Hill
Foreword by General Barry McCaffrey, U.S. Army (Ret.)
the
The Wounded Warrior Handbook
A Resource Guide
for Returning Veterans
Don Philpott and Janelle Hill
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTES
An imprint of
The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Lanham
Maryland
Toronto
Plymouth, UK
2009
GOVERNMENT
INSTITUTES
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Philpott, Don.
The wounded warrior handbook : a resource guide for returning veterans / Don Philpott and
Janelle Hill.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-60590-271-5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 1-60590-271-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-1-60590-273-9 (electronic)
ISBN-10: 1-60590-273-X (electronic)
1. Disabled veterans—Services for—United States—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Veterans—
Services for—United States—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Disabled veterans—Rehabilitation—
United States. 4. Veterans—United States—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 5. Veterans’
families—United States—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Hill, Janelle. II. Title.
UB363.P55 2009
362.1086’970973—dc22
2008035445
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Contents
Acknowledgments
v
Preface
vii
Foreword by General Barry McCaffrey, U.S. Army (Ret.)
ix
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction: Pre-Battlefield Injury to Recovery
1
CHAPTER TWO
Medical Issues: Things to Know
7
CHAPTER THREE From the First Day
41
CHAPTER FOUR
Support
83
CHAPTER FIVE
Recovery and Transition
91
CHAPTER SIX
Benefits, Taxes, and Legal Issues
151
CHAPTER SEVEN The DoD and the VA
177
CHAPTER EIGHT Success Stories
207
CHAPTER NINE
Handling Bereavement
223
CHAPTER TEN
Resources
243
Index
311
About the Authors
315
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