Letters
Benefits and alcoholics
Feasibility study
BMJ 2009; 338 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b1897 (Published 12 May 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b1897
- Woody Caan, professor of public health1
- 1Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT
- woody.caan{at}anglia.ac.uk
Thank you, BMJ, for alerting thousands of doctors to the latest proposal from the secretary of state for work and pensions1: to remove benefits from “alcoholics” so they “get sober, get their life back and get back to work.”2 The government is also going to stimulate some new research on …
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