The women’s movement and the consequent development of feminist ideas in the 1960s and 1970s influenced the question of gender and began emphasise the importance of gender as a concept of its own. (Howson, 2013, 51). To understand the differences between male and female, it is important to formulate a basic distinction between gender and sex. The key distinctions to note are based around biology and social arrangements. Oakley (1972, cited in Howson, 2013) refers to gender as the ‘psychological, social and representational differences between men and women, which are socially determined and culturally variable’.
Health Disparities and Cultural Competence Margarone Momplaisir University of Texas at Pan American Professional Issues in Nursing Practice NURS 6209 Dr. Debra Otto Dr. Pam Sullivan April 26, 2011 Introduction Cultural competence has become a relevant issue in providing quality care within the health care system. Since the United States’ population is comprised of diverse racial and cultural backgrounds, cultural competence has become even more significant. Beliefs and approaches to health differ greatly from culture to culture because culture tends to shape the way we think, act, interact with others, but most importantly the way we respond to illnesses. These differences can serve as an immense resource for those who want to learn or explore how cultural differences can help to influence healthcare outcome. At the same time, this can pose enormous challenges to the healthcare provider who is called upon to deliver culturally competent care.
The BSP is somewhat different from the biomedical model which Doctors in medicine uses as this kind of treatment model focuses more on the physical process as the pathology or the origin of the disease, its biochemistry and its physiological aspects (Wampold, B. (2001). The biomedical model only explains the biological aspect without involving the psychological and social background. Psychological and social aspects are important in determining that the diseases and illness are occurring without effect on both process and outcome of the treatment. Psychological aspect of it plays an important role in determining the prognosis of an individual with disease regardless of the severity of their medical diagnosis (J. W. Drisko and M. D. Grady, 2012).
Who should have the constitutional, legal, or moral obligation to this growing entity? The answer to this question lies in many different forms of opinions and may not very well be answered, as personal opinion seems to overrule and outweigh the logic of it. Today, I will be evaluating each one of these topics to help come to a conclusion of health care and how it is considered a right, privilege, or responsibility. Right There are many different types of rights that US citizens are entitled to such as the right to vote, the freedom of speech, and the pursuit of happiness, but where does the right of the health and health care of these citizens fall? The Preamble of the US Constitution states that (the purpose of health care) is to "promote" for the general welfare, not to provide it (ProCon).
What the team has discovered; however, is that this debate finds its basis in personal opinion versus verifiable fact, such as a right to life and death versus the debated human right to play God and saving the time of doctors and nurses versus terms for abuse and possible loopholes. Moral and ethical views, upon which this argument is largely founded, greatly depend on personal interpretations that have roots in cultural and religious viewpoints rather than logic, and these are not quantifiable or universal. Legalization of physician-assisted suicide is a debate that could easily become as heated as the debate surrounding abortion. As a team, we have come to realize that what is right and acceptable to some is not right and acceptable to
hakim P2. Explain different sociological approaches to health and well being 1. There are different sociological approaches to health and well being such as: ● ● the biomedical approach the socio-medical approach The biomedical approach to health and well being is a way of looking at a person’s health as something which is affected by disease, injury and illness rather than the person’s environment and lifestyle. They exclude all other factors which are not related to the body itself. For example, if a person was showing symptoms of a chest infection, the doctor would listen to their chest and send them for an x-ray to find out what has caused the problem rather than questioning their environment and housing conditions.
122 As a process, gender creates the social differences that define “woman” and “man.” In social interaction throughout their lives, individuals learn what is expected, see what is expected, act and react in expected ways, and thus simultaneously construct and maintain the gender order pg. 123 As part of a stratification system, gender ranks men above women of the same race and class pg. 123 The dominant categories are the hegemonic ideals, taken so for granted as the way things should be that white is not ordinarily thought of as race, middle class or men as a gender. The characteristics of these categories define the Other as that which lacks the valuable qualities the dominants exhibit. Pg.
Addressing Health Disparities among Minorities with Cultural Competence Cultural competency has become a relevant issue in providing quality competent care within the health care system. Since the United States’ population is comprised of a diverse racial and cultural background cultural competency has become even more significant. Beliefs and approaches to health differ greatly from culture to culture because culture tends to shapes the way we think, act, interact with others, but most importantly the way we respond to sicknesses. These differences can serve as an immense resource for those who want to learn or explore how cultural differences can help to influence healthcare outcome. At the same time, this can pose enormous challenges to the healthcare provider who is called upon to deliver culturally competent care.
403). Health care workers will not feel safe in situations where blame or punishment is the norm. Maintaining a culture of non-punitive behavior and “just” practice will improve reporting of adverse events, while unfair practices will deter reporting measures for fear of ramifications. The inclination to blame is rooted in hindsight bias and it is difficult to understand that the situation faced by an individual at the time of the event is very different than perceived after the event (The Institute for Safe Medication Practices [ISMP], 2000). If health professionals do not feel that they can expect fair treatment when they report safety incidents, mandatory reporting will only increase the level of fear and drive valuable safety-related information underground (Weiner et al., p.
In this perspective it clearly states that behaviour is learnt through experiences. For example phobias are learnt, they are learnt through bad experiences and fears which then leads to becoming a phobia. In the health sector, they would use the classical conditioning techniques which are used as behavioural therapy to remove appropriate methods of treatments and to treat anxiety disorders such as phobias, addictions and post-traumatic stress disorders. However even though the systematic desensitisation is effective for reducing phobias, it is not regarded as suitable for treating mental disorders like schizophrenia. The classical conditioning would say that if they would expose an individual to their fear then this would change their fear.