Author: Francis G. O'Connor
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780160949609
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2013-03-21
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 0309260558
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Problems stemming from the misuse and abuse of alcohol and other drugs are by no means a new phenomenon, although the face of the issues has changed in recent years. National trends indicate substantial increases in the abuse of prescription medications. These increases are particularly prominent within the military, a population that also continues to experience long-standing issues with alcohol abuse. The problem of substance abuse within the military has come under new scrutiny in the context of the two concurrent wars in which the United States has been engaged during the past decade-in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) and Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn). Increasing rates of alcohol and other drug misuse adversely affect military readiness, family readiness, and safety, thereby posing a significant public health problem for the Department of Defense (DoD). To better understand this problem, DoD requested that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) assess the adequacy of current protocols in place across DoD and the different branches of the military pertaining to the prevention, screening, diagnosis, and treatment of substance use disorders (SUDs). Substance Use Disorders in the U.S. Armed Forces reviews the IOM's task of assessing access to SUD care for service members, members of the National Guard and Reserves, and military dependents, as well as the education and credentialing of SUD care providers, and offers specific recommendations to DoD on where and how improvements in these areas could be made.
Author: Mary C. Gillett
Publisher:
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Appendices include laws and legislation concerning the Army Medical Department. Maps include those of territories and frontiers and Continental Army hospital locations. Illustrations are chiefly portraits.
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published:
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 1428910654
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 60
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Judith Bellafaire
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2009-10-27
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 1603441468
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In their efforts to utilize their medical skills and training in the service of their country, women physicians fought not one but two male-dominated professional hierarchies: the medical and the military establishments. In the process, they also contended with powerful social pressures and constraints. Throughout Women Doctors in War, the authors focus on the medical careers, aspirations, and struggles of individual women, using personal stories to illustrate the unique professional and personal challenges female military physicians have faced. Military and medical historians and scholars in women’s studies will discover a wealth of new information in Women Doctors in War.