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Reducing benefits will not get disabled people back to work, and explaining overdiagnosis
Medicine and Science from The BMJ
32 minutes 35 seconds
7 months ago
Reducing benefits will not get disabled people back to work, and explaining overdiagnosis
The UK’s chancellor has announced a £5bn cut to benefits, much of which will be borne by those on long-term disability allowance. Gerry McCartney, professor of wellbeing economy at Glasgow University explains about why these cuts will not only hurt the most vulnerable, but will be counterproductive to the government's wish to get people back to work.
Also, Suzanne O'Sullivan, consultant neurologist and author, joins us to talk about her new book "Age of Diagnosis". The book used clinical cases to explore the issues of medicalisation, and Suzanne explains why overdiagnosis doesn't mean that care isn't needed.
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UK welfare reforms threaten health of the most vulnerable
Guardian edited extract from "The Age of Diagnosis: Sickness, Health and Why Medicine Has Gone Too Far"
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