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Essay - Health Issues Of Health Care Department

   

Added on  2020-02-05

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SOCIOLOGY ESSAY

INTRODUCTIONThere are many social issues related to the health care department which are needed to becarefully analysed. The health care department is greatly affected by the culturaltechnological,and social environment. There is a need to change the attitude towards the healthcare department as it is a very important sector for the economy. The issues arise due to thegender inequality poverty in the society racialism and other discrimination on different grounds.In this report the strength and weaknesses of the the health care department will be discussedand how those weaknesses can be overcome by keeping particular perspective.1.Social Issue in healthcare The health issues refer to the current situation of the health care department. These areissues which are related to the discrimination done in the services given to the different groupssociety by the health care department. Media plays an important role in informing the generalpublic about what is going in the health care department by giving knowledge about the changesthat are taking in it. Poor face the problem as due to poverty in the society they can not afford totake expensive treatments as compared to those who are rich. This result into betterment in theoverall health of the society but the health of poor is not improving in the same ratio. This is achallenge for the policy makers to make such policy from which even the poor gets the samebenefit. Another issue in the health sector is related to the discrimination done on the basis ofgender and the sexuality. Females are paid less than the males even when same work is done byboth. This is done because females are considered week in comparison to males and that they doless work in caparison to men's. In U.K. Study was done and it was observed that peoplebelonging to the minorities are given less health care facilities in comparison to whites.According to this study in diseases like cancer heart problems mental problems more healthcare of the whites are taken. Even the babies who born in the poor families are given no careeven if they prone to get chronic diseases and also because of the gender discrimination femalelife expectancy is very less in comparison to men's. Women's are abused by men's and alsoviolence against female also results into the long and short term health issues for women'sThough later health care surveys were conducted by the government for the people belonging to

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