Reflective Approach in Implementing Person Centred Practice

Unit 19: Reflective Approach in
Implementing Person Centred Practice

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
P1 Comparing how medical and social models apply to person-centred practice.......................1
P2 Adopting person-centred approach while planning and executing programme.....................2
M1................................................................................................................................................3
D1.................................................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Person- centred care is the way of thinking and performing things through which the
person uses best health and social services through proper planning, developing and monitoring
by ensuring all needs are met. In the same way, current report also provide a deep understanding
about principles of person-centred care. Study will describe how medical and social models
apply to person-centred practice and how the care practice adopt while implementing a program.
Further, it describe different challenges in Care home and then evaluate dilemmas experience in
care home which affect consistency in approach.
P1 Comparing how medical and social models apply to person-centred practice
Bio-medical approach: The model mainly focus on biological factors and it excludes
psychological, environmental and social influence. Therefore, it is known as a leading way for
professionals in which they did not consider diagnosis because it may be leads to negotiation
between a doctor and patients. Through this, doctors find out the main reason behind particular
disease. McCormack, (2017) critic that the model did not provide solution of every disease and
does not always promote good health and well-being as well. Moreover, this approach is costly
and that is why, not all individuals can afford the medical technologies and resources.
Socio model: This model assist to recognize whether the health is influenced by wide
range of external factors such that political, economic, social, interpersonal factor. Further, the
model of health also looks at how the society and an environment affect an individual health. For
instance, poor housing and poverty may leads to creates respiratory problems and cause ill-
health. Further, the model also aim is to encourage society by providing better facilities and
develop programs to tackle poverty. However, it is to be critically analysed by Stokes, (2017)
that the model only determine the causes related to society such that it is not suitable for all the
disease, that is why, it is not a perfect model for health and medical.
Comparison of both models:
The biomedical model of health looks at the individual physical functioning and also
present bad health when a person is suffering from any disease and as a result, it cause injury or
infection which further do not consider social and psychological factor. On contrary, the social
model completely consider how society and environment affect an individual health and this
consider social class, poverty, poor housing as well as diet. Even biomedical concentrates
specific person while social model do not (Difference between bio-medical and social model of
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