health and social care unit 2 Discrimination P2 P3
P2: describe the discriminatory practices in heath and social care
P3: describe the potential effects of discriminatory practices on those who use the health and social care service.
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.
Prejudice
Prejudice is when a carer has decided that they can judge the service user and that they have all the knowledge they need to judge them, even through the ‘knowledge’is wrong. It is wrong to make a judgement made about someone or a member of group without actually knowing them. Prejudice is a baseless and usually negative attitude toward members of a group. Common features of prejudice include negative feelings, stereotyped beliefs, and a tendency to discriminate against members of the group.
Judging others people involves carers thinking that they are better or superior, and that their views are right and that service user do not meet their standards and should be criticised or punished for failing to meet their expectations.
Care workers may prejudice and discriminate a service user because of their skin colour (black, white) care worker will judge the service user not because of the service users this is wrong because people don’t pick and chose their skin colour. Prejudice feelings can lead to care worker ignoring and keeping their distance away from the particular service user because the care workers have judged them in a negative way which is basely on the skin colour of the service user. This can be a problem because care workers need to be providing care to the service users which they won’t.
Effects of prejudice
The service user may feel that they are getting judging by the carer because they are aware of how they are treating them because they see that
P3: describe the potential effects of discriminatory practices on those who use the health and social care service.
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.
Prejudice
Prejudice is when a carer has decided that they can judge the service user and that they have all the knowledge they need to judge them, even through the ‘knowledge’is wrong. It is wrong to make a judgement made about someone or a member of group without actually knowing them. Prejudice is a baseless and usually negative attitude toward members of a group. Common features of prejudice include negative feelings, stereotyped beliefs, and a tendency to discriminate against members of the group.
Judging others people involves carers thinking that they are better or superior, and that their views are right and that service user do not meet their standards and should be criticised or punished for failing to meet their expectations.
Care workers may prejudice and discriminate a service user because of their skin colour (black, white) care worker will judge the service user not because of the service users this is wrong because people don’t pick and chose their skin colour. Prejudice feelings can lead to care worker ignoring and keeping their distance away from the particular service user because the care workers have judged them in a negative way which is basely on the skin colour of the service user. This can be a problem because care workers need to be providing care to the service users which they won’t.
Effects of prejudice
The service user may feel that they are getting judging by the carer because they are aware of how they are treating them because they see that