Equality, Diversity and Discrimination in Health and Social Care Questions and Answers

SH4003 Week 3 Equality Diversity and Discrimination in Health and Social Care Dr Alya Khan Recap Last week we explored the idea of EQUALITY. We saw that: It is a ‘contested concept.’ It does not mean ‘the same’ or ‘identical.’ There are different interpretations of: – WHY equality should be valued, WHO should be treated as equals? & WHAT should be done exactly to treat equals equally We saw that for people to be EQUAL, they must share AT LEAST ONE feature, But also they must be DIFFERENT in other respects They must be DIVERSE DIVERSITY is an unavoidable characteristic Read More …