Stress/ equality

Question 1

what does chronic stress and pressure lead to

Answer 1

long term high cortisol levels - affects blood pressure, immune system, memory, emotions and depression

Question 2

sources of stress at work (4)

Answer 2

responsibility for others
poor physical working conditions
time pressures
work overload
lack of job security
poor relationship with colleagues

Question 3

reasons for stress in dentistry (3)

Answer 3

overworked
feelings of professional inadequacy
patient expectations
poor interpersonal relationships

Question 4

symptoms of stress (Physical and psychological)

Answer 4

physical - exhaustion, GI problems, headaches, SOB, sleeplessness, aches and pains
Psychological - touchy and irriable, lethargy, outbursts of anger

Question 5

4 ingredients for resillience

Answer 5

awareness
thinking - interpret events in a rational way
reaching out
fitness - mental and physical ability to cope with challenges without becoming ill

Question 6

definition of disability

Answer 6

A physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

Question 7

direct discrimination

Answer 7

treating people less favourably because of a protected characteristic

Question 8

indirect discrimination

Answer 8

putting people with a protected characteristic at an unfair disadvantage

Question 9

associative discrimination

Answer 9

because of another persons protected characteristic

Question 10

percieved discrimination

Answer 10

when it is believed that a person has a protected characteristic

Question 11

harassment

Answer 11

aggressive pressure or intimidation