Chaplaincy and Mental Health in the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense

Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-21

  Nieuwsma, Jason A ^a,b   Rhodes, Jeffrey E ^c   Jackson, George L ^b,d   Cantrell, William C ^a,e   Lane, Marian E ^f   Bates, Mark J ^c,j   Dekraai, Mark B ^g   Bulling, Denise J ^g   Ethridge, Keith ^a   Drescher, Kent D ^h   Fitchett, George ⁱ   Tenhula, Wendy N ^a   Milstein, Glen ^k   Bray, Robert M ^e   Meador, Keith G ^a,l  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Creative Solutions International   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Marine Forces Reserve Chaplain Corps United States Navy   (United States)

^f RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^h VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁱ RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Population Health   (United States)

^k CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^l VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

chaplaincy; integrated care; mental health; military; veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PASTORAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84876057521     PISSN: 08854726     EISSN: 15286916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08854726.2013.775820     Document Type: Article

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