Latest segment in the audio broadcast of Policies of Exclusion, Poverty and Health: Stories from the front. SYNOPSIS: Fallon, who comes from an upper middle-class background, found herself applying for BC social assistance after the breakup of her first marriage. Not only did she struggle with her own preconceptions about people on welfare - lazy, unwilling to work, shiftless -, she found her condition, including her health, worsening as one intervention after another were denied her by the system. Fallon eventually became a passionate and effective client advocate, having learned about BC social assistance from both sides of the desk. After listening to this episode, PLEASE RATE and comment. Instructions on how to do this are given on the podcast channel. Rating is essential, as I've not received donations to enable me to upgrade the channel from the free plan. Therefore, to preserve the space under the current plan, I'll be removing the lowest-rated episodes. Regarding comments, I'd be delighted to participate in discussions on the stories, whether on the podcast site or as part of an academic course. Ocean -- WISE Book - Policies of Exclusion, Poverty & Health: Stories from the front Podcast Channel: http://bcseawalker.podbean.com/ Personal Blog: Challenging the Commonplace - and other irreverent activities http://challengingthecommonplace.blogspot.com/ To UNSUBSCRIBE send to: [log in to unmask] the following phrase "unsubscribe click4hp" as unquoted text. To view archives or manage your subscription (and create a password) go to http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/click4hp.html