Equalities and Healthcare

Equalities and
Healthcare
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Equalities and Healthcare 1
Contents
2.1....................................................................................................................................................2
3.1....................................................................................................................................................3
Human rights Act of 1998...........................................................................................................4
Equality Act of 2010....................................................................................................................4
Health and Social Care Act 2012.................................................................................................4
Bibliography....................................................................................................................................6

Equalities and Healthcare 2
2.1
Health is a fundamental right for everyone. Health right is internationally recognized by the
WHO as a Human Right. According to UK constitution, everyone has right to life, right to
liberty, right not to be discriminated, right not to be tortured or treated in an inhuman or
humiliating way and the right to respect for personal and family life under the ‘Human rights Act
1998’ (legislation.gov.uk, 2020). 'Individual rights' inpatient care provides a guideline to
the applications of human rights principles during the treatment. Under the individual rights in
healthcare sector refers that every human being has the right to get the physical and mental
health including medical services, adequate food and nutrition, sanitation, hygiene housing,
healthy working settings, and hygiene and clean environment (WHO, 2017).
The concept of human rights in healthcare discusses the interpersonal relationship between
patients and healthcare providers like doctors and nurses. These rights protect patients against
various discrimination and social exclusion that may trigger abuse against patients. Sometimes
this issue becomes critical due to biased behavior of health care providers for HIV patients,
ethnic minorities group patients, drug-addicted patients, and sex workers (Cohen & Ezer,
2013).
Human rights give provision to protect your life against anything. In medical health settings,
service providers supposed to take appropriate and adequate measures to safeguard an
individual's health regardless of any discrimination. The right not to be treated in an inhuman,
tortured or degrading way is rights that ensure human dignity and prohibition against torture
during treatment and curative methods. Under this right, service providers like nurses are not
allowed to give treatment if the patient denied taking certain treatment (Hayden, 2012).