Examples Of Discriminatory In Health And Social Care

Discriminatory practices, and who could be discriminated against
Culture – Culture is one type of discrimination. The definition of culture in simple terms is someone’s background, including their beliefs and their religion. Someone who could receive culture discrimination could be that of a Muslim male. For example in a health and social care setting of a doctors surgery, a white British doctor may give the Muslim bad treatment, for example not prescribing them with medication due to their belief and the Muslims religion, which would be discriminatory behaviour on the doctors behalf. This would be an example of cultural racism. However this should not happen due to the equality act of 2010. However an example of this discrimination for an
asylum seeker could be a Muslim woman, who has recently come to England to seek asylum due to the state of her country, needing to visit a GP as she fears she may have something wrong with her unborn child, the GP may not be willing to help her due to her not being able to speak fluent English, the Doctor may refuse her of help as the language barrier is high. Which could deem to be discrimination due to the lack of help she has received by someone of high authority.
Sexuality – Sexuality is another type of discrimination, sexuality is simply who a person is attracted to, whether that be a man or a woman.
However homosexuals can be discriminated against, this is simply someone who is attracted someone of the same sex as themselves. A person could be treated unequal if they wasn’t that of a heterosexual. For example in a health and social care setting of a hospital, a homosexual man could be being treated for aids, however the nurse/doctor could be verbally abusive towards him, and not want to help him in need. This is an example of homophobia. However the sex discrimination act of 1975 should occupy this. However an example of sexual discrimination to an asylum seeker could be that of homosexual American man, who was born the South of America (the Bible belt) and has been given death threats to emigrate from the country and seek asylum somewhere else, so he did. He moved to England, however he recently had a back operation so he needs physiotherapy, he could be using a local physiotherapy clinic and whilst in conversation he brought up his past, and he was verbally abused due to him being that of a homosexual, whilst his physiotherapist is homophobic. This could be seen as sexual discrimination due to being verbally abused by someone in high
authority.
Gender – Gender is how you’re are perceived in society, simply whether you are male or a female.
However this can also be a target for discrimination. For example in a health and social care setting of a school, a female teacher may go for the role higher than herself, and a male teacher may also go for this role. The man was to get the job due to a sexist headmaster who believed that males was better than a female due to them being more superior and intellectual than the female. This is seen as sexism on a woman’s behalf, however it also applies to males. This however should not still occur due to the sex discrimination act of 1975 closely linking to the above of sexuality. Alternatively an example of Gender discrimination on an asylum seeker could be that of a Jewish man wanting to be that of a women, and his family didn’t agree with it so he moved to England in order to get help and support emotionally and mentally, he visits a local counselling session to talk about his decisions and just for someone to confine in and he is frowned upon by his councillor and received verbal abuse by his choices, which could be seen as gender
discrimination.
Social Class – Social class is another example of discrimination. Social class is simply your position in society, it’s your category you are placed in, closely linking to that of money. You’re normally put in to categories by your wealth. An example in a health and social care setting is someone claiming benefits, some may not have to pay dentist fees, so the receptionist who is of working class could look down on the person claiming benefits, and they may say something abusive to the person claiming benefits. This is discrimination. However this should not happen due to the act of equality set in 2010. An example of social class discrimination on an asylum seeker is someone (a male man) who has just moved from an Islamic country and seeks asylum, however he is seeking a job and is on jobs seekers allowance, and he needs vast medical care and constant prescriptions, however due to him not having a job he gets all his prescriptions for free. Someone who is loyally paying for their prescriptions and is in a working job as a doctor himself, could verbally assault the man and discriminate him intentionally due to not feeling equal to some of society.