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    Introduction: We are told that people with mental illness are not treated well in the society‚ yet that doesn’t stop them from being who they are today. In the film ‘The Dark Horse’ directed by James Napier Robertson we could see how Genesis was treated by the people he is surrounded by. For example at ‘The gang house’ they treated him like he didn’t exist and just made fun of him. Whereas at ‘The clubhouse’ he was more open and free because they let him be. They let him live his passion for helping

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    Heal and safety social care Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship 1. A working relationship is different because of boundaries‚ professional codes of conduct‚ employer policies and procedures. In your working relationship you would be friendly have a different approach treat with equality you would know your role and responsibility you would not share personal information as you friends. 2. You work with different people doctors family colleagues give examples

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    1.1 Analyse reasons why it may be necessary to raise awareness of health issues. To protect the health‚ safety and wellbeing of everyone I care for. By ensuring that I identify health issues early I am able to inform the relevant people quickly and that will hopefully prevent the health issues getting worse‚ meaning that their health‚ safety‚ wellbeing and quality of life is improved and maintained as much as possible. It is also important to raise awareness to comply with company policies and legislation

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    Do Rules Contribute to a Persons Happiness? Rules and regulations. The two words which every child and even many adults hate to hear. When thinking of ‘rules’ we think of something which stands in the way of our doing something we may want to. We immediately curse the rule‚ not thinking in what way it may be helping us. We fervently wish that it never existed‚ without really being able to comprehend what the world would be like without that rule. What we‚ as humans‚ fail to understand‚ is that rules

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    constructed because their definitions depend on who defines them and their relative position in the social structure‚ and because the definitions of mental illness vary across different social contexts and change over time. According to Mechanic (1967)‚ members of an individual’s primary social group are likely the first ones to diagnose mental illness – thus‚ the first “diagnosis” of mental illness often comes from non-professionals. Furthermore‚ in order to be initially diagnosed‚ the individual

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    Principles of Health and Social Care Practice This unit develops understanding of the values and principles that underpin the practice of all those who work in health and social care. Learners will consider theories and policies that underpin health and social care practice and explore formal and informal mechanisms required to promote good practice by individuals in the workforce‚ including strategies that can influence the performance of others. Module Contents 1 Understand how principles

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    Patterns and trends regarding health and illness vary within different social groupings. For example‚ age and social class. Most people at retirement age are healthy and fit making valued contributions to society through paid work‚ volunteer work and by being a good citizen to society. However there are significant higher levels of illness in people over 75 due to their bodies being unable to function as well as it did as they age‚ therefore they are unlikely to receive as much exercise and fresh

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    Miranda Niklas Health and Human Development Notes Unit 4 2013 GLOBAL HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AREA OF STUDY 1: INTRODUCING GLOBAL HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT DEFINITIONS OF DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO THE WHO‚ INCLUDING HIGH/LOW MORTALITY STRATA Developed country: A country that has progressed adequately with regard to economic‚ mortality and demographic indicators Developing country: A country that has not progressed adequately with regard to economic‚ demographic and

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    Bullet point 1: Health&well-being: Health and well-being can change over time and vary between different cultures and life stages. Health and well-being can be described as the absence of physical illness‚ disease and mental distress. This is a negative definition of health and well-being. Health and well-being can be described as the achievement and maintenance of physical fitness and mental stability. This is a positive definition of health and well-being. Health and well-being as a result

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    STRESS AND HEALTH: Psychological‚ Behavioral‚ and Biological Determinants This article from the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health is quite reputable and covers numerous aspects dealing with stress. This cite discusses the effects of stress on the human body‚ beginning with childhood and into adulthood. Additionally‚ it elaborates on the consequences of stress that may deal with smoking‚ substance abuse‚ as well as accidents‚ sleeping problems‚ and eating disorders

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