Protecting Those Who Serve

Protecting Those Who Serve

Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces

  • Editor: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309071895
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309557764
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309183741
  • Lloc de publicació:  United States
  • Any de publicació digital: 2000
  • Mes: Octubre
  • Pàgines: 113
  • Idioma: Anglés

Since the Gulf War ended in 1991, various constituencies, including a significant number of veterans, speculate that unidentified risk factors led to chronic, medically unexplained illnesses, and these constituencies challenge the depth of the military's commitment to protect the health of deployed troops. Despite general concurrence in findings to support these claims, few changes have been made at the field level. The most important recommendations remain unimplemented, despite the compelling rationale for urgent action. Protecting Those Who Serve illuminates these recommendations and government-developed plans that remain inactive due to a lack of authority within the Department of Defense, while describing the dangers that may result from failure to protect our forces in the field.

  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Executive Summary
  • 1 The Problem
  • 2 The Strategy
  • References
  • Appendix A Study Scope and Statement of Task
  • Appendix B Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Analytical Framework for Assessing Risks--Executive Summary
  • Appendix C Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Detecting, Characterizing, and Documenting Exposures--Executive Summary
  • Appendix D Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Force Protection and Decontamination--Executive Summary
  • Appendix E: Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Medical Surveillance, Record Keeping and Risk Reduction--Executive Summary
  • Appendix F Acknowledgments
  • Appendix G Committee Biographies

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