Long-term health conditions and Disability Living Allowance: Exploring ethnic differences and similarities in access

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 907-930

  Salway, Sarah ^a   Platt, Lucinda ^b   Harriss, Kaveri ^c   Chowbey, Punita ^d  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Disability Living Allowance; Ethnicity; Long term ill health; Welfare benefits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35748937615     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01044.x     Document Type: Article

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