Sulejma Tmusic 3/14/2013 MED100A ASSIGNMENT 7.1 Understanding cultural beliefs is necessary to a healthcare provider because cultural differences affect patients’ attitudes about medical care. Diverse beliefs and attitudes about health and medicines‚ may affect treatment. Also it affects the patient’s ability to understand and cope with an illness‚ and the consequences of medical treatment. Cultural beliefs influence patient roles and expectations. Expectations such as how much information
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Disparities in Health Care Thanks to medical advances and advanced preventative care‚ Americans are living longer and healthier than ever. However‚ these benefits don ’t seem to apply to everyone equally because a great disparity exists. Not a disparity based on access or clinical needs‚ preferences‚ or appropriateness of intervention‚ but a racial and ethnic disparity that divides on socioeconomic lines. When all medical care being accessed and administered is considered equal‚ the poor and racial
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TS . As for elderly‚ living in caring house is better than living at home with young children. Present your argument to illustrate whether you agree or disagree.或Some people believe that in order to give opportunities to new generation companies should encourage high level employees who are older than 55 to retire. Do you agree or disagree? Give your reasons and personal experience.或 In many countries，the proportion of older people is steadily increasing.Does this trend make positive or negative
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HSC 024 : Principles of safeguarding and protection in Health and Social Care 1.1 Define the following types of abuse: Physical abuse: is an act of another party involving contact intended to cause feelings of physical pain‚ injury‚ or other physical suffering or bodily harm Sexual abuse: consists of a sexual act that is forced on one person by another. Sexual abuse can occur between two or more people of any age‚ but it particularly affects children‚ as children can never legally
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age this is one of the signs of discrimination which should be prevented in the future in the health and social care setting. Conventions‚ legislations and regulations When following the rules and regulations it is most important when this is done to not overlook laws which are meant to be looked at which you will need to be fully aware of when working as a professional in a health and social care setting. This is when a rule or a process is taken place and then agreed on according to the law
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An acceptance of guilt and a sincere apology‚ is mandatory for every wrong deed. This applies to health care field too. Admitting to your mistakes can be difficult especially when you are a healthcare provider. But as humans we do make errors and some errors can harm the patient and their family. This paper explains about the benefits of apology to the patient and their family in adverse events (Institute of Healthcare Improvement‚ 2016). Apology is defined as a statement given by a person who has
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Appropriateness in Health Care As health care costs continue to rise‚ budgets continue to fall‚ and health consumers gain greater access to reliable information on disease conditions and interventions‚ there is an increased need to determine what is appropriate health management to ensure quality and responsible healthcare. Advances in technology have increased the number and types of surgical/medical interventions available to health clients. Are inappropriate interventions offered on a regular
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Health care costs in the United States (US) currently exceed 17% of GDP and continue to rise. Other developed nations spend less of their GDP on health care but have the same increasing trend. Factors contributing to this rise are not hard to find‚ such as the development of new treatments and the age increase of the baby boomers. Unfortunately‚ instead of focusing on the costs of treating individual patients with specific medical conditions over their full cycle of care‚ providers aggregate and
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money to afford it or because the government will not give it to them are simply too weak to go and work every day. Abuse by government or by other people with power. War or armed conflict. Natural disasters Mental disorder‚ where mental health services are unavailable or difficult to access. A United States Federal survey done in 2005 indicated that at least one-third of homeless men and women have serious psychiatric disorders or problems. Disability‚ especially where disability services
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pleased to present to you my final research paper on Health Care Reform: Moving Closer To A Solution‚ the topic for which was approved by you on November 8‚ 2007. I acquired most of my research material from the Parkland College Library‚ and internet sources found through the search engine‚ Google. There was a wealth of information available to use in order for me to write a convincing paper on the reasons for the need for health care reform and why universal coverage is an important goal
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