Labelling is also a form of discrimination, because labelling is where someone describes someone else just by a word e.g. Communist, loud mouth, smoker ect. The problem with labelling is it can go from name-calling to discrimination due to the fact it leads to people making unfair assumptions about people. An example of labelling in health and social is where a social worker labels a father as a criminal, as he committed Freud, this can lead to discrimination due to the fact that ‘criminal’ could end up with the assumption of being a bad father and discrimination.
Disadvantages may also lead to discrimination, this is because person who might not have that much money or is on benefits may be discriminated against due to a doctor being judgemental and not giving adequate care.
Vulnerability is also a basis of discrimination; this can be due to a nurse treating a person differently because of a mental illness and could end up giving them unfair treatment because of this.
Overall there are several ways in which a person could use as a basis of discrimination, by making people aware of theses basis discrimination can be learnt about and avoided.
p3 – describe the potential effects of discriminatory practice on those who use health or social care services.
Discrimination dose happen in health and social care, even without people realising it. Discrimination can have serious effects of the victim and be very damaging.
A way in which discrimination can have an effect on a person is though low confidence and self esteem, discrimination can have this effect because makes a person think about their worth which is self esteem, low self esteem and confidence can make a person extremely venerable this is because they will start to become withdrawn and prone to illness and depression and could have a massive impact on someone’s life.
Linked to low self esteem and confidence, discrimination can go as far as to lead someone into depression, this means that their mood can drop drastically and they can become withdrawn, isolated and not be able to go to work or listen to health and social care professionals advice.
Marginalisation is also a consequence of discrimination. Marginalisation is when individual or group are treated unequally or insignificantly, the effect of this on the person and discrimination is that it has effects such as withdrawal distrust in people, this can cause social, emotionally and health problems because depending on the person they could be scared of getting discriminated against so don’t go to doctors or health and social care professionals though fear of getting discriminated against.
Cycle of disadvantage can be an effect of discrimination because some of the basis of discrimination is singling people out and not giving them the same opportunities of everyone else this also links in with restricted opportunity because it means that people are getting ‘left out’ and mistreated, however some people may get a cycle of disadvantage and restricted opportunity because they feel to insecure of withdrawn to be involved in things or seek help because that’s the effect discrimination has had on them socially and emotionally.
Another effect of discrimination could be the loss of rights, this is because one people could be stereotyped and discriminated against because they’ve had drug and alcohol problems so deemed unsafe for their children, this could result in the parent losing parental right and responsibly so that right is taken away by law when in actual fact the person is a good parent and doesn’t let drugs and alcohol effect that.
Finally, Disempowerment can be an effect of discrimination, disempowerment is where a person or group make other people less important and make them unconfident. This can be where the person or group is discriminated against and made to feel unimportant this can have consequences such as the people are unable to ask for health or social care.
Overall, discrimination effects the service user emotionally and physically, emotionally it effects them by making unconfident and creates low self-esteem and lead to depression, this can affect the service user by making them unable to ask for health care and with depression a person is more likely to suffer from health problems.
M1- assesses the effects on those using the services of three different discriminatory practices in health and social care settings.
This assignment is going to look out how three health and social care are working in a discriminatory way and how this can be prevented.
The first setting is a nursery, the nursery is discriminating against people who are in wheel chairs as they are refusing to organise wheelchair access. This is an discriminatory practice because it is refusing to allow wheel chair access and by that it means people who are wheelchair bound are unable to use the service, or are left out of activities, this can have a negative effect on the service user because it can lower their self esteem and confidence as they are unable to use the service or take part in things such as outdoor games.
Also the person being unable to access to the service can have effects such as disempowerment this is because the person is being denied rights of equality and opportunity. A way the nursery could ensure equality to the person is by looking at building plans and seeing how wheel chair access can be put in place this could evolve creating slopes so that the building can be accessed, there could also be wider doorways so that the person can get in and out of room easier.
These procedures can only be put in-place if planning permission allows in some cases this may not be possible due to the nature of the building as it could be old and so can’t be built or modified. In this case depending on the number of steps a slope that can be moved around could be used if it met health and safety regulations.
A second discriminatory practice in health and social care could be a case where a social worker is discriminated and treated differently because of there nationality and because English could be their 2nd language. This can have a effect on the social workers self esteem because over time it may make them feel depressed because they are being treated differently from other people.
The social worker may also be marginalised and have a cycle of disadvantage because of the discrimination this is because they may be left out of events and ignored.
To prevent this from happening the social worker could have someone in the same profession they could talk about the way they are treated so that it can be dealt with, the social worker could also talk to the GSCC (general social care council) and report unequal practice, the office and section the social worker works the manger of the group could assign each of the employees with a mentor and someone they mentor so that everyone has a person to go to if they have worries or queries, also it’s against the law to discriminate against a person so, the person will then need to go under investigation and if its proved, they would end up getting ‘fired’.
A final example of discriminatory practice is in a hospital where a person is discriminated against because of they have been involved in drugs and smoking, the doctor refuses to give adequate treatment because they have stereotyped the person and believed that they don’t care about their health or family.
The effect on the person could have serious consequences on the person health, because the person’s confidence and trust in health professionals might be knocked so they feel unable to ask for help, this could lead to and illness becoming worse or developing life threatening illness. Discrimination in this form could be prevented by doctors having courses in how to treat people in situations like this, by learning about these kinds of situations a person can be treated fairly and equally, doctors should also be put under investigation if an accusation or belief of discrimination or unfair treatment of any kind appears to be taking place.
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Health and social care text book level 3
Class notes and handouts
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