Basic training and continuing education for healthcare providers should include gender consciousness and sensitization due to the power of influence it has on provider and patient interaction. Awareness can also be raised by integrating gender into health literacy programs. Quality care happens effortlessly when mutual respect, openness, and balance of roles is present. The interaction between patients and male providers is more passive compared to their female counterparts. There are also instances where individuals would rather consult with providers of their own race and gender is no longer a factor (Govender, 2007). Gender of healthcare workers has caused patients not to seek care at certain facilities. Sometimes patents and their family …show more content…
Providers may also prefer to see a certain sex depending on the reason that patient is seeking care. How a provider communicates and listens to a patent is influenced by race, gender, age, and class. Treatment may not be rendered properly if there is poor communication between the provider and patient (Govender 2007). Attention was brought to the patient provider relationship with The International Declaration on the Rights of the Patient. Patient rights and the responsibilities of the healthcare provider were outlined in this declaration. A model of care based on patient autonomy was presented to balance the power between patients and providers. The term client-centered has taken the place of patient-centered to emphasize the importance of patient autonomy (Govender, 2007). The gap between health policy and implementation is recognized as being neglected which influences performance and the care provided. The patient-provider experience can be improved if providers recognize how gender norms have an effect on health and health seeking behavior. There should be a responsibility to acknowledge the need for training so that providers are aware of the issues effecting quality
Authors Note: This paper is being submitted on the 18th of March 2013 for the winter semester of Medical Law and Ethics section 05.
D1) Make recommendations in relation to the identified hazards to minimise the risks to the service user.
Procedures also outline how to deal with disciplinary issues, allegations of abuse, managing risk, deal with grievance or death, respond to emergencies that we have in which supports us on how we work effectively and correctly which allows us to give the best level of care we can give to individuals.
Ensuring that the hoist is in full working order before each use, and that the battery is properly charged,
A. There are many potential barriers to communication such as language barriers, it can be hard to communicate with someone who does not understand your language or vice versa. Also cultural differences may be a problem as different communication aids such as touching, eye contact, or tone, which may be acceptable in one culture may not be
Over the year both positive and negative influences have influenced my learning. The skill I have developed for learning is my aspiration is to become a midwife, this influences my learning in the way that it gives me the hunger to learn new things and improve my knowledge and grades. By improving my knowledge I will be able to go onto the next stage of my development. I believe that if I did not have such a desire to be a midwife, it would affect my learning by creating a mental blockage which would stop my ability to take things in and learn as I would become lazy and not interested from the lack of direction in my life. As soon as I realised what I wanted to do as a career, it really highlighted my priorities and I found that I have
Assignment: Keeping People Safe Unit 7: Principles of Safe Practice in Health and Social Care A: Examine how duty of care contributes to safe practice in health and social care settings B: Understand how to recognise and respond to concerns about abuse and neglect C: Investigate the influence of health and safety legislation and policies in health and social care settings D: Explore procedures and responsibilities to maintain health and safety and respond to accidents and emergencies in health and social care settings Task 1: Evaluate significance of duty of care, explaining its significance in promoting safe practice, Evaluate significance of complaints procedure in promoting safe practice, and justifies the procedures used when responding
L.O: Understand concepts of equality, diversity and rights in relation to health and social care
As people get older they lose independence, they become less mobile and aren’t able to do everything for themselves any more. It is important to ensure that they keep as active as they can to ensure they keep their independence for longer.
Different people look at health in different ways. It can depend on their culture, environment, religion or age group. In order to have a clear understanding about how the people look at health, I have conducted a survey from a random sample of people who belongs to the above groups (e.g. people of different ages have been chosen).
However, as time went on, several problems arose which had to do with the principle of justice in healthcare. In America, it is the accepted norm that it is unjust to treat one person better or worse than another person, in similar circumstances (Tong, 2007, p.29). In an attempt
Poor staff training is where a member of staff has received low amount of training they are required to have in their job, for example the staff member may not have been told how to use a hoist which could be dangerous to the patient because if the staff didn’t use the equipment properly it could put the patient in a dangerous position by falling out of the hoist another example could be communication. It is important to have effective communication in a health and social care role as the patients are needed care which will require communication between the staff and patient to meet the service user’s needs.
Task 1 requires you to submit a written piece of work covering all learning outcomes (LO1s, LO2s & LO3s) with a reflective account embedded in the context of work.
I have never really focused on the issues that our economy is facing; therefore, I find reading articles like these rather interesting. They provide me with material and questions I would not have looked up before. My favorite quote from the article was, “Monetary policy has been keeping the patient alive, creating the possibility of a lasting cure through fiscal and structural operations,” as stated by BoE Chief. I thought this line to be very funny and blunt. The comparison of the nation to a patient really put into perspective the how tragic our economic system is doing. Also, I have come to belief that people are okay with the monetary policy because it has been providing some relief to our problems, but people must find an actually solution,
One of the conflicts that arise in health-care from a conflict perspective is the focus of the provider and is the provider functioning as a scientist or a care giver. Are there objective versus subjective concerns for the patient and is the health care provider treating the disease or is the provider treating the person? The conflict that arises between health-care provider and patient is vastly influenced by the patient’s cultural and social beliefs.