Unit 4 Flashcards
Define care
Everything that we do to maintain , continue and repair our world so that we can live in it as well as possible
Phases of care
Caring about
Taking care of
Care giving
Care receiving
Caring about
Noticing peoples needs and recognising that there’s a need for care to be addressed
Taking care of
Once need is recognised, person takes the responsibility to ensure that the individual needs are met, determine how to respond to the need
Care giving
The person has to do the actual hands on working for caring for people
Care receiving
Responding to the care that is given by the caregiver
Care with
The reiteration of the process of care where habits and patterns of care emerge through time
Autonomy
Right of an individual to be self determining and make independent decisions about one’s life
Beneficence
Basic to health care and refers to actions that benefit others and do good
Nonmaleficence
One should not cause harm but prevent harm and remove harm
Justice
Issues of fairness and equitable
Distribution of goods and services
Choices need to be made
Barriers of good care
Socioeconomic
Language
Cultural norms
Educational status
Geographic status
Socioeconomic Barrier
Individuals with a lower income use public health care and MTD’s are overworked and unable to provide optimum health care as required
Educational status
The lower your education the least knowledge you have on knowing the potential threats to your health 
Geographical location
Further away a HCP is situated
Less potential a patient has to receive healthcare
