RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Welfare to work: the role of general practice.
JF British Journal of General Practice
JO Br J Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 497
OP 500
VO 50
IS 455
A1 F M Ford
A1 J Ford
A1 C Dowrick
YR 2000
UL http://bjgp.org/content/50/455/497.abstract
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.