TY - JOUR T1 - Why Amy was right about rehab JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 574 LP - 574 DO - 10.3399/bjgp11X593965 VL - 61 IS - 590 AU - Mike Fitzpatrick Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/61/590/574.abstract N2 - ‘They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said “no, no, no” …’ (Amy Winehouse, Rehab, 2006).The tragic death of singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse at the age of 27, following a series of highly-publicised problems of drug and alcohol abuse, has been widely interpreted as confirming the conventional view of addiction as a disease requiring medical treatment.Within days of Amy's death, her father Mitch launched a campaign for the establishment of residential drug rehabilitation centres in memory of his daughter, leading a delegation to meet MP Keith Vaz, chair of the House of Commons home affairs committee.1 Mitch emphasised the need … ER -