Mental illnesses are not an 'ideal type' of disability for disability income support: Perceptions of policymakers in Australia and Canada.

CONCLUSIONS: The rise of DIS recipients has divided the once protected 'deserving' category of the disabled into more ('ideal type' of disability) and less deserving (imperfect disability). Such conceptualisations are important because these categories can influence the allocation of welfare resources. PMID: 30632917 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Scand J Public Health Source Type: research