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Scoping review: a needs-based assessment and community-based survey of ex-service personnel and their families in Scotland.

Klein, Susan; Alexander, David A.; Bussutil, Walter

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Susan Klein

David A. Alexander

Walter Bussutil



Abstract

The deployment of the UK Armed Forces to Iraq and Afghanistan has engendered a broad political imperative and increased the academic interest in the health and wellbeing of both Service and ex-Service personnel. Each year in the UK, approximately 25,000 men and women leave the UK Armed Forces (Fletcher, 2007) and return to civilian life for a miscellany of reasons and in a variety of different circumstances including medical discharge (Iversen et al, 2005). Whilst some have completed lengthy terms of service, over 5 million individuals have served at least one day in the Armed Forces (in accordance with the broadest definition of a ―Veteran‖). Currently, however, the average length of military service is four years.

Citation

KLEIN, S., ALEXANDER, D. A. and BUSUTTIL, W. 2012. Scoping review: a needs-based assessment and community-based survey of ex-service personnel and their families in Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. [online]. Available from: https://www2.gov.scot/Resource/0041/00417172.pdf

Report Type Research Report
Online Publication Date Dec 31, 2012
Publication Date Dec 31, 2012
Deposit Date Aug 26, 2014
Publicly Available Date Aug 26, 2014
Publisher Scottish Government
Public URL http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1040
Publisher URL http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0041/00417172.pdf

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