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....
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press
[2022]
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| Colección: | Oxford Academic.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009701627206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
