HLST 1011 Lecture Notes - Fallacy, Protoplasm, Falkland Islands
1 Feb 2013
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Heart attacks in women are more frequently unrecognized (37% women 35% men) People who differ from the standard for being normal. This is what the healthcare profession thinks is considered normal. Clinical discrimination (type and quality of treatment received) People with stigmatized medical problems, e. g. hiv/aids, sexually transmitted diseases. Moral failure = not deserving (e. g. people with hiv/aids, obesity, substance abuse) Stereotyping (e. g. , italians are always complaining, women are hysterical) Dislike of people who are dirty, who have bugs. Discrimination based on socioeconomic status (e. g. homeless, poor). > elderly assumption that highly specialized services should be reserved for younger people. > socially undesirable patients services would be wasted on them. > basing treatment on stereotypes (millard subconscious differences) The reverse: patient bias towards or against certain health care professionals (millard article) Tendency to minimize problems of geriatric patients as: *just old age not a good explanatory for rapid loss of function (=acute disease)
