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contractual solution, but obstacles block this approach: excessively complex employment law constraining both sides; an outdated benefits system that overburdens doctors and traumatizes the vulnerable; and a workplace culture that is too inflexible to keep sick employees in work.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.
Pret vechi 198.33 Lei
Reducere 10%
| Error | When doctors cannot 039 |
|---|---|
| What is needed is a tailored, employer-employee contractual solution, but obstacles block this approach | Excessively complex employment law constraining both sides |
178.50 Lei
