Mental health and social security: The case of the Incapacity Benefit in Northern Ireland

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 71-77

  Prior, Pauline M ^a   McGilloway, Sinead ^a   Herron, Stanley ^a   Donnelly, Michael ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefit; Incapacity; Mental health; Mental illness; Northern Ireland; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032392589     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.1998.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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