{"product_id":"sick-note-britain-how-social-problems-became-medical-issues-9781787381223","title":"Sick-Note Britain: How Social Problems Became Medical Issues","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Adrian Massey\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Hurst \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Hurst \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Work-Related Health\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eSick-Note Britain\u003c\/em\u003e 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contractual solution, but obstacles block this approach: excessively complex employment law constraining both sides; an outdated benefits system that overburdens doctors and traumatizes the vulnerable; and a workplace culture that is too inflexible to keep sick employees in work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46458008502423,"sku":"9781787381223","price":3410.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781787381223.webp?v=1769183812","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sick-note-britain-how-social-problems-became-medical-issues-9781787381223","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}