Critically examine Bias and stigmatization in health care
From a critical reflective lens-what is important to you with respect to Nursing & Why?
include power and control in healthcare,
stereotypes in healthcare and society,
vulnerable populations in healthcare,
and any other issues and challenges within our healthcare system and for healthcare workers (nurses) due to power, control, and organizational structures
. Also include,
- consider forms of social order involve forms of domination and power
- belief systems presented and treated as “facts” can act as barriers to conscious action and freedom
- a critical lens helps to see through taken-for-granted relations and beliefs to examine underlying structures and social relationships
- certain groups in any society are privileged over others; oppression is most forcefully reproduced when people who are subordinated accept their social status as natural, necessary, or inevitable
- how do you relate the above points to clients within healthcare, thinking about these dynamics, ideas, labels, and stereotypes?
- What changes in the status quo can you see that would benefit clients?
Cite your sources