‘My friend’s cat died’ — and other reasons patients give doctors for needing a sick note
From the death of a friend's cat to partying and picking up a new car, former GP Dr Kathryn Fox gives her favourites.
Dr Kathryn Fox is an author and former GP.
Here she writes about Australia’s ‘chucking a sickie’ industry and its wider impacts on doctors and patients.
“I was getting ready for work and picked up the milk from the fridge. The carton slipped out of my hand and spilled all over the carpet. If I’d left it there all day, the smell would have made me sick when I got home. So I stayed to clean it.
“I’m going to need a sick certificate.”
