Ford F M, Ford J, Dowrick C
University of Liverpool.
Br J Gen Pract. 2000 Jun;50(455):497-500.
This paper considers the potential effects of the government's Welfare to Work policy on general practitioner (GP) working patterns, and aims to explore the relationship between unemployment, ill health, and GP sickness certification. Social security and employment policy initiatives are discussed in relation to the literature on the relationship between unemployment and ill health, sociological and psychological perspectives on work and unemployment, medicalisation of unemployment, adjudication of fitness for work, re-employment and health, and treatment of barriers to employment. The authors postulate that Welfare to Work policy may depend for its success on the crucial role of general practice in sickness certification.
本文探讨了政府“从福利到工作”政策对全科医生(GP)工作模式的潜在影响,旨在探究失业、健康不佳与全科医生病假证明之间的关系。结合有关失业与健康不佳关系的文献、关于工作和失业的社会学及心理学观点、失业的医学化、工作能力判定、再就业与健康以及就业障碍治疗等方面,对社会保障和就业政策举措进行了讨论。作者假定,“从福利到工作”政策的成功可能取决于全科医疗在病假证明方面的关键作用。