ISBN:
9781787382305
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (357 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.461
Keywords:
Social medicine-Great Britain
;
Sick leave-Social aspects-Great Britain
;
Sick leave-Economic aspects-Great Britain
;
Sick leave-Economic aspects-Great Britain
;
Sick leave-Social aspects-Great Britain
;
Social medicine-Great Britain
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Controversially argues that social problems have become medical issues, and doctors cannot hope to solve them.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Sickness -- 1. Measuring the indescribable -- 2. Trench warfare -- 3. Tabloid tales -- 4. A two-way street -- Certification -- 5. Doctor priests -- 6. Sick-notes -- 7. Paradise lost -- 8. Disease inspectors -- 9. Reluctant gamekeepers -- Medicalisation -- 10. The land of the blind -- 11. Fanning the flames -- 12. Diagnostic incontinence -- The Workplace And The Law -- 13. Consenting adults -- 14. Stressful experts -- 15. The blame game -- 16. Self-help -- 17. Dealing with reality -- 18. Limits to law -- Solutions -- 19. The necessary myth -- 20. The leap of faith -- 21. A sort of life -- Notes -- Index.
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