Discrimination In Health And Social Care
Discrimination in Health and Social Care
Discrimination has many meanings and involves numerous different ways people can discriminate against others. Discriminations can be as simple as someone making a judgment against someone else by the way they dress or the way they speak or it can be the people are discriminated because they choose to be different or have a disability, different colour of skin or religion. Discrimination is unfair treatment of a person action based on prejudice.
There are two main types of discrimination. Indirect discrimination is more complicated and may not be deliberate. An example of indirect discrimination could be that a GP surgery requires patients to provide a proof of address when registering. This applies to all new patients regardless of their protected characteristic. But Gypsies are less likely to be able to provide proof of address and therefore they’ll find it more difficult to register. This is indirect discrimination against Gypsies because of the protected characteristic of race. The rule seems fair, but it has a worse effect on this particular group of people. The second type of discrimination is direct discrimination. This occurs between two individuals. An example of direct discrimination would be a private dentist charging a person of Asian origin more for the same treatment than someone who is white British. This would be direct discrimination as they have been treated differently and worse than the British person because of their race which is a protected characteristic. Direct discrimination is unlawful under the Equality Act and legal action can be taken if someone feels they have been discriminated against. Institutional discrimination is where large organisations work in a way that discriminates.
Someone can be discriminated because of their race. For example, a company might not consider an applicant because the applicant is of a different race to all of the other workers in the company. Culture is also
Discrimination has many meanings and involves numerous different ways people can discriminate against others. Discriminations can be as simple as someone making a judgment against someone else by the way they dress or the way they speak or it can be the people are discriminated because they choose to be different or have a disability, different colour of skin or religion. Discrimination is unfair treatment of a person action based on prejudice.
There are two main types of discrimination. Indirect discrimination is more complicated and may not be deliberate. An example of indirect discrimination could be that a GP surgery requires patients to provide a proof of address when registering. This applies to all new patients regardless of their protected characteristic. But Gypsies are less likely to be able to provide proof of address and therefore they’ll find it more difficult to register. This is indirect discrimination against Gypsies because of the protected characteristic of race. The rule seems fair, but it has a worse effect on this particular group of people. The second type of discrimination is direct discrimination. This occurs between two individuals. An example of direct discrimination would be a private dentist charging a person of Asian origin more for the same treatment than someone who is white British. This would be direct discrimination as they have been treated differently and worse than the British person because of their race which is a protected characteristic. Direct discrimination is unlawful under the Equality Act and legal action can be taken if someone feels they have been discriminated against. Institutional discrimination is where large organisations work in a way that discriminates.
Someone can be discriminated because of their race. For example, a company might not consider an applicant because the applicant is of a different race to all of the other workers in the company. Culture is also