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  • Families without hope
    Brewer, Colin

    BMJ (Online), 12/2012, Volume: 345, Issue: dec12 1
    Journal Article, Book Review

    Furnishings were usually basic, dilapidated and inadequate, while priorities for spending were often given to luxury items, even when essentials were lacking." Families bought expensive chocolates "given inconsistently to their untrained children to placate their temper tantrums" or "spent a considerable portion of their assistance money on drink," but the main problems were attitudinal, not material.