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Unit 2-p5 describe how anti-discriminatory practice is promoted in health and social care settings
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Unit 2P5- Describe how anti-discriminatory practice is promoted in health and social care
settings
Health and social care originations aim to protect individuals from discrimination in their
environment to try and change the quality of their life. For example, in a health and social
care setting the professional has to put the service user first with the service they provide
which promotes equality, dignity, value, and respect. I will now talk about how anti-
discriminatory practice is promoted in health and social care settings.
Active promotion of the anti-discriminatory practice
Ethical principles
There are four ethical principles and these principles play a key role in ensuring patient
safety and care. These four principles are justice, autonomy, beneficence, and non-
maleficence.
1. Justice is a principle that states that there should be fairness in medical decisions. This
means not treating someone with worse treatment because they are different. Justice can
promote anti-discriminatory practice by upholding this with providing training about the
principles and the importance of providing fair treatment.
2. Autonomy is a principle that states that the patient has a right to remain in control over
his or her body. Alternately a health care professional can provide advice or suggestions but
cannot attempt to persuade to make the service user to make a decision. As this would be
violating this ethical principle. This principle promotes anti-discriminatory practice because
no individuals can be harassed into making a choice they do not want to make. With
autonomy in place, individuals are not pressured and have a right to choice.
3. Beneficence is the principle that states that health care providers must do all they can so
the patient can benefit from each situation. All of the procedures and treatments must have
the intention of doing good for the patient and not harming them. To ensure this principle is
upheld practitioners must ensure they are trained in the recent medical procedures and
treatments so they can help different types of service users. Beneficence promotes anti-
discriminatory practice because it ensures that the patient has the best outcome of the
situation and are not treated unfairly because of their protected characteristics.
4. Non-maleficence means do not harm. This principle is the end goal that the practitioner
must follow when providing care. It gives the medical professional power and responsibility
to not allow the patient to be harmed from the decision they make about their care.
Knowledge in the latest treatments, medical procedures and medications will prevent
accidentally harming a patient with lack of knowledge. This is the most important ethic as
making the patient’s life better is the end goal. This ethic promotes anti-discriminatory
practice because it stops service users from being harmed and allows all service users to feel
safe.
, Putting the individual at the heart of the service
Anti-discriminatory practice is promoted in health and social care settings by putting service
users at the heart of the service. This means focusing on their needs and providing them
with the care they need to better their lives. To put individuals at the heart of the service
health and social care service must empower individuals, provide active support consistent
with the beliefs, promoting individual’s rights, choices and well-being and support
individuals to express their needs and preferences. An example of putting a service user first
promoting anti-discriminatory practice could be. A Muslim woman does not want a male
doctor taking care of her because it’s against her religion. The workers ensure that the
service needs are met by providing her with a female doctor to not discriminate against her
religion and to respect her allowing her to benefit from this change.
Providing active support consistent with the beliefs, culture, and preference of the
individual
This is ensuring people's cultures are being respected and valued. For example, a Muslim
patient is admitted to the hospital. This patient will not be eating meat as it against her
culture and religion. So the hospital respects her beliefs and provide alternatives for the
women. Also providing someone who is disabled with extra support will be meeting their
needs providing consistent support to allow them equal opportunity. By health care
individuals ensuring they provide support to individuals and talking their beliefs, culture,
and preferences into consideration. The service user will receive the best outcome of the
situation and be provided with appropriate care to suit their needs. Which then prevents
discrimination from not singling them out because they have a different belief or preference
to you.
Empowering individuals
Empowering individuals is about supporting a service user to have and take control of the
care and support they receive. Ways of empowering individuals could be including them in
decision making about their care so they can have control over decisions about them
empowering them. Empowerment in health and social care will deliver inclusive caregiving
the service use capability to control their health needs. An example of empowering a service
user could be a doctor giving the patient a choice of different types of treatments so the
service user then has a choice. This is promoting anti-discriminatory practice because the
service user is shown respect by allowing them a choice no matter who they are.
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