Ask the question: 'Have You Ever Served?' Caring for military members and veterans in civilian healthcare

Susan Sheehy; Linda Spoonster Schwartz

doi:10.1097/01.NURSE.0000795268.34720.a9

Ask the question: 'Have You Ever Served?' Caring for military members and veterans in civilian healthcare

Nursing. 2021 Nov 1;51(11):28-35. doi: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000795268.34720.a9.

Authors

Susan Sheehy¹, Linda Spoonster Schwartz

Affiliation

¹ Susan Sheehy is a professor at the University of Delaware and an adjunct professor at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Md. The Honorable Linda Spoonster Schwartz served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Veteran Affairs for Policy and Planning from 2014 to 2017, and is an assistant clinical professor of nursing at Yale University.

PMID: 34678818
DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000795268.34720.a9

Abstract

This article discusses health issues affecting US military members and veterans, and provides occupation-specific questions to guide civilian healthcare professionals in providing high-quality care to veterans and their families.

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care
Health Personnel
Humans
Military Personnel*
Quality of Health Care
United States
Veterans*