Veterans affairs disability compensation: A case study in countertherapeutic jurisprudence

Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-44

  Mossman, Douglas ^a,b,c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MILITARY MEDICINE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOLDIER; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS DISABILITY CLAIMS;

EID: 0029877821     PISSN: 0091634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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