Sociology's Impact on Healthcare: A Nursing Perspective Analysis

This sociology essay explores the intricate relationship between sociology and healthcare practices. It begins by examining the significance of sociology in understanding social systems and human activities within healthcare settings. The essay delves into key arguments, including the impact of human rights on healthcare, the effects of racism on nursing care, and the threat of economic inequality to health outcomes. It investigates the debate on privatized healthcare systems, analyzing whether they deliver better care. The essay also highlights the importance of sociology in enhancing nursing practices, emphasizing the need for a sociological understanding of patients and the influence of social factors on health. Through its analysis, the essay aims to demonstrate how sociology can improve healthcare delivery and promote better health outcomes.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PARAGRAPH/ ARGUMENT 1......................................................................................................1
Do privatized healthcare systems deliver better healthcare...................................................2
PARAGRAPH/ ARGUMENT 2......................................................................................................2
Does racism inhibit the provision of adequate nursing care?.................................................3
Is economic inequality a threat to good health? ....................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Sociology study helps individual to understand a social system and human activities in society.
It is very essential for each person because it assists to identify their issues. In order to focus on
the present report, is based on the healthcare and its relationship with human rights. W It is
divided into two sections of nursing. It covers good ideas and arguments in the present case.
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PARAGRAPH/ ARGUMENT 1
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Relationship between health and human rights
After world war II human rights and medical health come simultaneously. In the international
Military Tribunal at Nuremberg articulated principles and subsequent doctors. Human dignity,
rights and fundamental freedoms respected. Therefore, interest and welfare of individual have
priority as per the sole interest of science and society. However, public health decisions
restricted to human rights because it frequently been made as uncritical, unsystematic and
unscientific manner (Drazen and et.al., 2014). As per the view of Muzio, Brock, and Suddaby,
(2013), standards of human behaviour regulated by the law in national and international. It is
applicable universal for all people to fulfil their rights. Instead of relying on the BPS model,
social understanding of health and well-being can be developed by the nursing profession. It
will enable to enhance results of social science and healthcare practices. In addition to this, a
culture of NHS still dominated by the biomedical perspective. It is essential for health
professional which has details sociology understanding of health and well-being. Biomedical
model has become a dominant frame of reference in criticism. It is important to implement
public health surveillance which offers relationship among human rights, health law, etc.
Argument cannot be do public health goals (Lee, Lisa 2012). Detail awareness of the social
distribution of health provides practitioners with the greater understanding of the diversity of
patients. On the other hand, stated that everyone support to the health and human rights
framework for public health because it recognizing exclusive guide which useful for both
bioethics and health law. biological understanding of the health continually dominates on a
model. It's emphasis on the other factors that tend and develop for healthcare. This raising
criticism in the model both hollow and meaningless. In the social aspects of ill health, this
provides understanding in a relationship between health and social context.
According to Burrows and Savage, (2014), relationship between health and human rights
enhance continually which is important to develop social factors. It will help to gain effective
results through awareness of social distribution. Informal It assists to named as the right in legal
binding treaties. There are several rights that are related with established in international human
accurate. However, Altier, Thoroughgood, and Horgan, (2014)_stated that there are several
links in health and human rights. This is because, human rights can perform serious
consequences which relevant to promote health in broader context. Therefore, it assists to solve
conflict, poverty reduction strategies and international trade. Relating to the human rights in
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heath means looking towards all aspects of rights in formal work which based on law.
Do privatized healthcare systems deliver better healthcare
Human right can be a single handedly which need to be resolved for health disparities. Due to
increasing string recognition of contribution, it is the powerful privatised healthcare system. As
results, it gives better healthcare to drive public and global health project. In the academic and
research, institution need to take up rightful place for human rights.
All professions must understand about their client base to deliver the best services. Each nurse
needs to understand that who are their services users and also feeling comfortable to use these
services in effective way Bridges and Pascoe, (2014). Sociology can provide this understanding
with valuable theoretical knowledge which is the key advantage. It prepares the nurses to face
challenges that encounter as the professionals.
Sociology can enhance nursing practices with increasing emphasis on preventive health issues
public. It will help to create benefits with an implementation of sociology and influence on
health. In the series of the sociology, an overview is determined to create a relationship between
sociology and nursing (Can sociology help to improve nursing practice, 2015). Currently,
sociology education limited within nurse. However, privatised healthcare enterprise can impact
negative on the people. It is the long-held argument for relevance. With the growing emphasis,
public healthcare and preventative prove usefulness.
Role of sociology within nursing practice create a long-term impact which develops from 1990.
As per the point of Bunge, (2017), sociology also develops through an establishment of
academic results. It is based on the knowledge that incompatible in terms of discipline with
ethos. However, argued that nursing attempting to establish itself as the academic subject.
Largely drawing on the biomedical model for the knowledge base enhance sociology that
revolved around an understanding of nursing.
PARAGRAPH/ ARGUMENT 2
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Does racism inhibit the provision of adequate nursing care?
AS per the view of Altier, Thoroughgood, and Horgan, (2014), racism also create the impact on
nurse performances that inhibit the provision. All regions have social characteristics which are
dominated by the particular group and social issues. Hospital in the deprived area can expect a
higher proportion of the service users from lower social classes, a single mother, ethnic
minorities, etc. On the other hand, misuse of drug and alcohol also need to prevent that assists to
solve social issues as well. According to Bunge, (2017), homophobia still crucial problem in
healthcare in today's time due to facing isolation, exclusion and marginalization from all the
areas of society. In health care places, women can feel safe, supporting etc. It is particularly
important to remove this issue from the society. The issues of homophobic behaviour continue
serves effects on LGBT persons. There are many people facing discrimination so that they
needed proper care for developing effective results.
Despite the dominance of the BPS model, Bleicher, (2014) explored that nursing and nurse
education remain dimensional. It is being controlled by the biological model which applied on
health. Currently, it focuses on the society means there is lack of equipment for existing social
arrangements and health implications. Sociology also provides the nurse with this knowledge
and also allowing them to develop a critical understanding of each person. It provides an
opportunity to promote social changes.
Is economic inequality a threat to good health?
Equality related to the different from of aspect. In this aspect, good health need to be related
with ethical value which emphasis on service based on medical condition and their social
situation. Therefore, inequality is the biggest problem which need to be sought out in workshop
health care service. Managers sponsored by the king's fund of the market.
As per the views of Burrows and Savage, (2014) economic climate reduce the expenditure of
public sector. Therefore, it enhances demand on the health services. It escalating costs of
medical treatment, which promotes preventative healthcare and public health. Further, it has
been seen as the cost-efficient use of resources. Economic inequality is the biggest threat in the
world which impact on personal health. Nowadays, each person fed up due to increases in
inequality that also creates issues in a business unit. In order to solve this issue, at international
level many strategies implemented which assists to solve inequality from the economy such as
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care of ill people, etc. (Schweppe, 2014). In this approach, Ryan and Maxwell, (2016) stated
that healthcare attempts to control and manage the development and distribution of ill health.
Philosophically, it is endorsing health model. Beside this, it promotes modest efforts that
encourage an individual to change their lifestyle. It directs more radical efforts towards
changing the political, economic and social structure. Therefore, issues can be reduced such as
poverty, unemployment, and inequality. However, attention needs to be directed in the wider
context in terms of social, economic and political circumstances can cause of health inequality
at health care place.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it can be concluded that sociology enhances nursing practices at
workplace. In this context, report covers the role of sociology in nursing practices for developed
effective outcomes. Furthermore, it includes a biomedical model which apply on healthcare to
work in a significant manner. Moreover, privatized healthcare system also explained which
assists to make a relationship between sociology and healthcare practices.
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