maximized the utility of the majority of citizens. For example, the poverty rate has fallen from 60 percents to 20 percents during the past two decades . If we use the Rawlsian view of the Pareto equilibrium, inequality matters. Using this egalitarian social welfare function, the government should make decisions such that the welfare of the society is the welfare of its worst-off citizens. In that case of the poverty rate, Vietnam’s policy maximized the utility of the majority of
In a health and social care setting, individuals have many different needs in order to be in an equal and diverse health and social care setting. Equality Equality is treating individuals in a health and social care setting equally regardless of their colour, age, gender and ethnicity. For example it would not be equal if two people had the same condition which was written in English, if one of the people spoke another language and did not understand English at all. Equity Equity is to be able
approach in nursing. According to “Leininger’s Culture Care Theory”(2013) Madeleine Leininger proposes that there are three modes for guiding nurses judgments, decisions, or actions in order to provide appropriate, beneficial, and meaningful care: preservation and/or maintenance; accommodation and/or negotiation; and re-patterning and/or restructuring . The modes have greatly influenced the nurse's ability to provide culturally congruent nursing care, as well as fostering culturally-competent nurses
opportunity to the service user. Equity Equity means giving everyone the right and equal rights so they are able to use all the facilities. In a health and social care setting it is important that everyone is treated equally without discrimination and also giving them the same opportunity as everyone else. For example in a residential care home the activity that would be taking place in the home they should have a certain activity for everyone participate in and everyone should have the choice
daily lives, teach social and life skills, support efforts to manage behaviours, and engage in counselling to facilitate better understanding and change” (Snow 2000 p. 4). The Child and Youth Care field is a fairly young one in comparison to other helping professions. According to Pence et al. (2011) “the field of child and youth care has been seeking acknowledgment and understanding of its “unique” skills and knowledge for at least forty years.” In order for Child and Youth Care Practitioner to
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics acts as a guide for social workers on their professional conduct. When evaluating my own personal beliefs I think of the values and customs that I have acquired through education and experience. I believe that they are consistent with the code of Ethics and values put in place by the NASW for social workers in their profession. I am 29 yrs of age. I work as a pre k teacher. I have had this job for seven years. I have three children
twenty years into the future. The world I outlined in my social vision statement exists. I have a successful career in health care and I am able to efficiently balance this career with a family. I am well on my way to achieving the goals I have set. My values and personal beliefs influence the decisions that I make. This is the dream that I have for my life. Let me tell you how I plan to accomplish this dream. My goal is to become a health care professional. After finishing my undergraduate degree
need. But, foster care in America is insufficient for all American foster children and needs to be improved. Improvements are critical in bettering American foster systems, these improvements include, creating programs, finding more stable homes, and starting mentoring programs for all foster children. Many reasons exist as to why the foster system is failing and a major one is the number of children in the program. Studies show that the number of children sent to foster care are decreased, but
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital is one of many health care institutions owned by the Sisters Of Mercy and is apart of the Catholic Health East system, “a multi-institutional Catholic health system committed to continuing the healing ministry of the Catholic Church” (Catholic Health East [CHE], 2014, p. 1). Mercy Fitzgerald's mission and core values of reverence, commitment to poor, justice, stewardship and integrity are deeply rooted and influenced by Scripture and the Roman Catholic Church whose teachings
thoughts, feelings, beliefs and values in a way that physical health does not, these same factors also come into play when mental health problems are being assessed. And this becomes even more complicated when it involves people from different ethnic groups. Getting a diagnosis or assessment wrong can have devastating consequences for individuals because it may involve being forcibly detained and treated against one’s will, and being subject to stigma, discrimination and social exclusion. Correspondingly