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Post-acute polytrauma rehabilitation and integrated care of returning veterans: toward a holistic approach
Jay M Uomoto1, Rhonda M Williams
1VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA. jay.uomoto@va.gov
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Throughout the history of war, exposure to combat has been associated with clusters of physical and psychological symptoms labeled in various ways, from "hysteria" to "shell shock" in World War I to "polytrauma" in Operations Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Iraqi Freedom (OIF).
Objective:
To describe the historical conceptualizations of combat injury and the ways they are relevant to developing current rehabilitation strategies, discuss the symptom complex presented by OEF/OIF veterans, and describe key elements and principles of holistic, integrated care for post-acute OEF/OIF veterans.
Conclusions:
A conceptualization of rehabilitation recognizing a final common pathway of functional disability and suffering is proposed, and both systematic and treatment-specific aspects at the core of a veteran-centered holistic approach are discussed.
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