{"product_id":"sick-note-britain","title":"Sick-Note Britain","description":"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. \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contractual solution, but obstacles block this approach: excessively complex employment law constraining both sides; an outdated benefits system that overburdens doctors and traumatizes the vulnerable; and a workplace culture that is too inflexible to keep sick employees in work.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":"Hurst \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50021915197690,"sku":"9781787381223","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/1253\/1962\/files\/imageloader_52c7c391-288d-476a-9d6b-38e979342bee.jpg?v=1786139465","url":"https:\/\/mindsourcebooks.com\/products\/sick-note-britain","provider":"Mind Source Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}