Communication is a very important aspect of health and social care. There are four very important things that need to be taken into consideration to make sure communication with anyone is successful. The four key aspects are to prevent misunderstanding‚ meet individual needs‚ build a relationship‚ and developing self-esteem. Any misunderstanding can be prevented by clear speech‚ appropriate language‚ matching verbal and non-verbal communication‚ checking understanding and asking questions. A good
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Apply relevant theories of communication to health and social care context The major cause of medical errors in the healthcare service is breakdown of communication between patients and practitioners. According to Murphy & Dunn (2010)‚ human failures‚ misrepresentation‚ misperception‚ misassumption etc. are products of miscommunication. Hence‚ in order to have a good medical practice‚ team communication infrastructures must be centred in policies and practices. Communication is not limited to verbal
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ICON College of Technology and Management BTEC HND in Health and Social Care Assignment: Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care Submitted To: Dr Sumesh Dadwal Submitted by: Rukia Begum I.D NO: 12806 Session: September 2013 LO2: BE ABLE TO PRODUCE‚ MONITOR‚ REVISE AND EVALUATE PLANS FOR PERSONAL PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING THE SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED OF A HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PRACTITIONER. 2.1 A KEY INFLUENCES ON LEARNING Course: The course which I
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Diversity Is a term used to differentiate groups and people from one another. It means respect for and appreciation of differences in ethnicity‚ gender‚ age‚ national origin‚ disability‚ sexual orientation‚ education‚ and religion. What is diversity? Everyone is a unique person. Even though people have things in common with each other they are also different in all sorts of ways. Differences include visible and non-visible factors‚ for example‚ personal characteristics such as background‚ culture
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context of health and social care in relation to a particular health issue. The approaches and intervention strategies that needed to support the individuals with specific needs and evaluation of services and systems for supporting such individuals is the main part of the report. For this‚ the case study of Ahmed and his family is used. Ahmed is the 15-year-old British Pakistani that is suffering from the problem of cerebral palsy. Moreover‚ the parents are also suffering from health problems as
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Media Perspectives on Health and Social Care The objective of this essay is to understand the representations of the media in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/AIDS issue on gays and bisexual persons within health and social care setting. The importance of the mass media will be discussed to gain insight in promoting awareness on HIV/AIDS. It will clarify some specific theories and models of approach as they relate to mass media context in relation to the case studies and conclude. Irwin
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Sharps- In a hospital health and social care setting needles are frequently being used in lots of different places and lots of them are actually used. It’s important to have a place where these used needles can be stored which is why now after a needle has been used it’s put into a ‘sharps box’. If all the sharps are kept in the box then it reduced the possible harm to service providers and users such as if a person was to come into contact with a used needle they could hurt themselves because it
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CU254 Causes and Spread of Infection 1. Understand the causes of infection. 1.1 Identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. Bacteria – a single cell micro-organism that gets its nutrition from its surroundings and can only be seen under a microscope. Viruses - are disease producing agents far smaller than bacteria. They are enclosed in a protein coating which makes them more difficult to destroy. Fungi – are included in the plant kingdom but are quite different
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of higher cognitive functions. These include impairment of thinking‚ memory and orientation‚ learning ability‚ language judgement. The resulting disability depends on the interaction between the underlying disease process‚ the individual and the social and built environment. 1.2 Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia. The key functions of the brain that are affected are: • Parietal Lobe – For behaviour‚ special awareness and recognition. • Frontal Lobe – For
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independence‚ non-participation and social exclusion for vulnerable users of services in health and social care? 3 2.2 Analyze how organizational systems and processes are managed to promote participation and independence of users of health and social care services 5 2.3 Analyze the tensions that arise when balancing the rights of the individual to independence and choice against the care provider’s duty to protect users of services in health and social care 6 3.1 Use a case study above on MR
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