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Sick Note - A History of the British Welfare State (Hardcover)
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Sick Note - A History of the British Welfare State (Hardcover)
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Sick Note shows how the question of 'who is really sick?' has never
been straightforward and will continue to perplex the British
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, Gareth Millward shows that doctors,
employers, employees, politicians, media commentators, and citizens
concerned themselves with measuring sickness. At various times,
each understood that a signed note from a doctor was not enough to
'prove' whether someone was really sick. Yet, with no better
alternative on offer, the sick note survived in practice and in the
popular imagination - just like the welfare state itself. Sick Note
reveals the interplay between medical, employment, and social
security policy. The physical note became an integral part of
working and living in Britain, while the term 'sick note' was often
deployed rhetorically as a mocking nickname or symbol of Britain's
economic and political troubles. Using government policy documents,
popular media, internet archives, and contemporary research,
Millward covers the evolution of medical certification and the
welfare state since the Second World War, demonstrating how
sickness and disability policies responded to demographic and
economic changes - though not always satisfactorily for
administrators or claimants. Moreover, despite the creation of 'the
fit note' in 2010, the idea of 'the sick note' has remained. With
the specific challenges posed by the global pandemic in the early
2020s, Sick Note shows how the question of 'who is really sick?'
has never been straightforward and will continue to perplex the
British state.
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