Does 'welfare-to-work' work? A systematic review of the effectiveness of the UK's welfare-to-work programmes for people with a disability or chronic illness

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1905-1918

  Bambra, Clare ^a   Whitehead, Margaret ^a   Hamilton, Val ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Disability; Employment; Systematic review; UK; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA BASE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; LABOR; MARKET; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCATION; WELFARE; WORK DISABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14644406873     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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