Ethics & Dental Practice

Question 1

What is diversity?

Answer 1

Diversity is to do with acknowledgement of alterity among people in terms of their community, culture, beliefs, life experiences, individuality

Question 2

what is alterity?

Answer 2

otherness of people

Question 3

what is equality? (legal)

Answer 3

Equality is to do with fairness of opportunity and observing the rights of people so that their alterity is not discriminated against

Equality of outcome is not the same as equality of opportunity

Question 4

What is equity? (ethical)

Answer 4

Treating people justly does not mean treating everyone identically, if it disregards features of diversity that can place people at an unfair advantage in society

Question 5

Prejudice and discrimination come from what type of thinking?

Answer 5

fast thinking

Question 6

list and describe the 5 levels of prejudice.

Answer 6

1. Anti-locution – things said negatively about a person
2. Avoidance – don’t have anything to do with the people you are negatively speaking of
3. Discrimination – do things to affect them unfairly based on underlying prejudice
4. Violence – progression of discrimination
5. Murder – ultimate form of violence

Question 7

List the 5 levels of racism.

Answer 7

1. Underlying prejudice
2. Attribution of fixed traits - Apply stereotypes
3. notions of superiority and inferiority
4. subtle actions
5. overt racism

Question 8

explain diret discrimination.

Answer 8

treating people less favourably because of a protected characteristic

Question 9

explain indirect discrimination.

Answer 9

putting people with a protected characteristic at an unfair disadvantage

Question 10

explain associative discrimination.

Answer 10

you’re discriminated against because you are associated with someone who has a protected characteristic

Question 11

explain percieved discrimination

Answer 11

when it is believed that a person has a protected characteristic even if they don’t have this protected characteristic

Question 12

explain harassment

Answer 12

through violating a person’s dignity, or a degrading, humiliating, hostile, intimidating, or offensive environment

Question 13

explain victimisation

Answer 13

detriment to a person who is making use of the Equality Act 2010 or is thought to be doing so

Question 14

explain instruction to discriminate

Answer 14

someone else discriminates on your behalf

Question 15

list the 9 protected characteristics.

Answer 15

1. sex
2. age
3. sexual preference
4. race/ethnicity
5. religion/belief
6. disability
7. gender reassignment
8. marriage and civil partnership
9. pregnancy and maternity

Question 16

what conditions are automatically deemed as disability? (3)

Answer 16

• Cancer
• HIV
• MS (multiple sclerosis)

Question 17

Define disability

Answer 17

A physical or mental impairment (or both) that has substantial and long-term adverse effects that affects their ability to carry out day to day activities/tasks.

Question 18

list the characteristics of disability based on impairment. (7)

Answer 18

• can be Mental, physical, both
• Determined by the effect on the person
• Doesn’t need to be linked to a medical illness
• Doesn’t require a cause/aetiology
• Disability may not be visible
• Can be fluctuating, recurring or progressive
• Past impairment (can’t discriminate someone because they had an impairment in the past – even if they don’t have it now)