Values Of Tolerance And Non Tolerance In Ethics

Discriminatory practice in health and social care happens for many reasons including some important factors that are normally the cause of discriminatory practice for example a person may be discriminated against because on the basis of their diversity. One important discriminatory practice is because of culture. A person’s Culture is important to them and identifies who they are in the world. It is developed within the social group they are raised in, and can change when they are mature enough to decide for their selves what culture best suit them. In addition respecting a person’s culture is

|DH3W 34 |Sociology for Social Care Practice |(02) Understand the causes of discrimination and analyse its effect |

* Dignity - the patient (and the person treating the patient) have the right to be treated with dignity.

All types of discrimination can also lead to negative behaviour and can partly cause aggression or crime; even living in poverty and experiencing discrimination can affect an individual’s behaviour as well. Due to the negligence they may take out their frustration on the care providers or others in the society which would make them in the wrong and after being investigated this may or may not change because of the client’s self-esteem or pressure levels. As well as taking it out on the care providers, they are also able to take it out on health and social care professionals.

We must not allow any personal views that you hold about service user to prejudice our assessment of their needs, delay or restrict their access to care. This includes our view about a patient's age, color, culture, disability, ethnic or national origin, gender, lifestyle, marital or parental status, race, religion or beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, or social or economic status.

Describe how code of practice and legislation promote non-discriminatory practice in health and social care.

Human dignity includes personal qualities such as consideration, empathy, human kindness, respect and trust. It can be reflected in safeguarding the individual’s right of privacy, and treating others with respect, regardless of background. According to Yancey (1997) “It is respect for the inherent worth of and uniqueness of individuals and populations in professional practice, human dignity is reflected when the health care professional values and respects all clients and colleagues”.

M3: Discuss the difficulties that may arise when implementing anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care settings.

I am going to write about the discriminatory practices in a care setting and the effects they have on individuals using the service. People can be discriminated against in a number of different ways which can be described as telling people apart, and seeing the differences instead of the person’s individualism.

Part 1(P1): Explains concepts of equality, diversity and rights in relation to health and social care.

M1 Assess the effects on those using the service of three different discriminatory practices in health and social settings Discriminatory practice can be defined as making or showing an unfair or prejudicial distinction between different categories of people or their beliefs and practices, centred around race, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation and disability. Although there are many laws in place to protect individual rights against discrimination such as the Equality Act 2010, there are still cases of it occurring in many different situations including within the health and social care system.

In this world and society many people are not treated with the right type of respect in the healthcare field. While they are not treated with respect it causes more problems in their daily lives because they are not getting the right treatment for their health problem. I believe that people shouldn’t be treated differently when it comes to healthcare conditions. Just because they are less educate, poor, and their race/culture is different shouldn’t mean anything.

In health and social care Equality, Diversity and Rights are essential to healthcare environment to ensure everyone is prune to having rights and being treated equally no matter their race or sex also to be respected and accepted. Diversity is Privacy, respect, dignity, promote choice/preference, empowerment duty of care, safety guarding. Diversity in health and social care is seen as a very broad concept, embracing, for example, culture, belief, disability, gender and race and ethnicity, as well including overlooked and marginalized populations. As health and social care professionals they must respect the differences between people …healthcare professionals will deal with very diverse client base and so they must be very understanding. Every service user has the right to be respected, to be treated as of equal importance, and to have access to the same standard of care as everyone else.

It is important for me to continue to have respect for myself, my coworkers, but most of all, respect for my patients in my chosen profession. I must treat them with honestly and in turn, they will do the same. My patients must know that they can confide in me and count on me at all times. I will honor nonmaleficence and strive to beneficence my patients at all times. By doing this, I will remain accountable to myself, my patients, and to the code of

As a health care provider it is so important to be aware of ones own biases, stereotypes, and prejudices. The role in this career is to provide for others, and this will include others that differ from yourself. In order to provide optimal health care to these people you can’t let these differences get in the way.