Sick note : a history of the British welfare state /

"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 va...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Millward, Gareth (Author)
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.
©2022
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The 'Birth' of the Sick Note
  • 3. Absenteeism and Postwar Rebuilding
  • 4. Chauvinists and Breadwinners in the 'Classic Welfare State'
  • 5. Privatization? The Sick Note into the 1980s
  • 6. Chronicity and Capacity towards the New Millennium
  • 7. The 'Death' of the Sick Note?
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.