Sick Note

Sick Note is a history of how the British state asked, ‘who is really sick?’ Tracing medical certification for absence from work from 1948 to 2010, it shows that doctors, employers, employees, politicians, media commentators, and citizens each concerned themselves with measuring sickness. At various...

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Main Author:	Millward, Gareth
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford University Press 2022
Subjects:	history, welfare, United Kingdom, social security, medicine, employment, absenteeism, disability, politics thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine
Online Access:	https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59686
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