PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - F M Ford
AU  - J Ford
AU  - C Dowrick
TI  - Welfare to work: the role of general practice.
DP  - 2000 Jun 01
TA  - British Journal of General Practice
PG  - 497--500
VI  - 50
IP  - 455
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/50/455/497.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/50/455/497.full
SO  - Br J Gen Pract2000 Jun 01; 50
AB  - This paper considers the potential effects of the government's Welfare to Work policy on general practitioner (GP) working patterns, and aims to explore the relationship between unemployment, ill health, and GP sickness certification. Social security and employment policy initiatives are discussed in relation to the literature on the relationship between unemployment and ill health, sociological and psychological perspectives on work and unemployment, medicalisation of unemployment, adjudication of fitness for work, re-employment and health, and treatment of barriers to employment. The authors postulate that Welfare to Work policy may depend for its success on the crucial role of general practice in sickness certification.