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Personal Independence Payments, welfare reform and the shrinking disability category

Alan RoulstoneSociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 673-688 | Received 28 Aug 2014, Accepted 27 Jan 2015, Published online: 25 Jun 2015

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