{"product_id":"sick-note-britain","title":"Sick-Note Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Adrian Massey Dr Adrian Massey has worked at the intersection of medicine and society for decades. He argues compellingly that our hyper-medicalized society has falsely equated sickness with illness, and sickness with unfitness to work--whereas sickness is primarily a social problem requiring social, not medical, solutions. Sick-Note Britain lays bare Britain's gross error: when doctors cannot 'fix' anxiety or chronic pain, workplace attendance is still treated as a matter for arbitration by our strained primary care service. What is needed is a tailored, employer-employee contractual solution, but obstacles block this approach: excessively complex employment law constraining both sides; an outdated benefits system that overburdens doctors and traumatizes the vulnerable; and a workplace culture that is too inflexible to keep sick employees in work. This is a blistering condemnation of a sham system that works for nobody, and an urgent call to rethink how we manage sickness--for the sake of our economy, our wellbeing, and our health service.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"History of Medicine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43312712253503,"sku":null,"price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/0865\/5679\/files\/9781787381223-1.jpg?v=1779970104","url":"https:\/\/www.ebooksmedical.com\/products\/sick-note-britain","provider":"Ebooks Medical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}