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Everyone in Britain today expects to be healthy. If by some unfortunate chance they become ill or have a disability they expect to have access to free health care. If they find themselves without financial support, perhaps due to unemployment, illness or old age, they expect to get a state pension if they have paid their ‘stamp’ or social security benefit if they have not.
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Mansfield, J. (1994). How social policy influences health. In: Luft, S., Smith, M. (eds) Nursing in General Practice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3089-7_1
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