1 Department of Palliative Care, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2 Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
J Palliat Med. 2019 Jun;22(6):708-713. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2019.0190.
Many of America's Veterans have unique medical and psychosocial needs related to their military service. Since most medical care received by Veterans occurs outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system, it is imperative that all medical providers have a working understanding of the unique needs of Veterans and some of the many programs and services available to Veterans through the VA. This article, created by an interdisciplinary team of palliative care and hospice providers who care for Veterans throughout the country, seeks to improve the comfort with which non-VA clinicians care for Veterans while increasing knowledge about programs for which Veterans might qualify through the VA.
许多美国退伍军人因其兵役而具有独特的医疗和心理社会需求。由于退伍军人接受的大多数医疗服务都发生在退伍军人事务部 (VA) 医疗保健系统之外，因此所有医疗服务提供者都必须了解退伍军人的独特需求以及退伍军人通过 VA 获得的众多计划和服务。本文由姑息治疗和临终关怀提供者的跨学科团队创建，他们在全国范围内照顾退伍军人，旨在提高非 VA 临床医生照顾退伍军人的舒适度，同时增加有关退伍军人可能通过 VA 获得的计划的知识。
