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Cultural Diversity in Health & Social Care

Cultural Diversity in Health & Social Care

Introduction

Things that were inaccessible or alien among the general population have now widely become a necessity for survival in the modern world. Amongst those necessities, is the foremost need of the appropriate health care, for combating the ever emerging new diseases and health issues. However, this work focuses on, as to how cultural diversity plays a role in the health and social care.

Health and Social Care in UK

Fortunately, UK is amongst those few countries in the world, which possesses the latest technology and all the facilities to assist the individuals deserving the services, which will enable them to lead a better and healthy life. In order to facilitate the population of UK with regarding the health and social issues, there are various health and social care institutes.

The social care centre accentuates on the appropriate services that they render to the elderly individuals, individuals enduring the mental health issues, individuals who have sensorial unfitness, handicapped individuals, individuals encompassing unique needs and much more. On a broader scale, the services rendered at the social care centre are segregated into two categories, such as services for children, and the respective services for adult individuals. The social care takes care of the physical, emotional and psychological needs of these individuals.

Amongst the main features of health and social care centres in UK is that they strive to provide the respective care and health assistance to everyone on an equal basis, which not only maintaining their dignity and without signifying any discrimination (Whitley, et.al, 2011, pp. 514).

Cultural Diversity

It is highly imperative to understand the term “cultural diversity” before deducing the cultural diversity in health and social care in UK. Cultural diversity on a broader scale denotes that individuals belonging to different religions, origins, ethnicity, background, as well as tradition, living, as well as interacting with each other in a common society, bearing all their distinct features and characteristics.

Ever since, the phenomenon of globalisation ahs taken a rise; the cultural diversity has tremendously emerged in the western, and numerous developed countries of the world, where people travel and live in developed countries, in the hope of finding work, better education, and a better lifestyle. Likewise, Britain is amongst those developed countries, which has witnessed immense immigration and cultural diversity over time; and currently UK stands as the most culturally diverse nations in the world. However, many intellects believe that UK has tremendously benefitted from the cultural diversification all along its history.

Cultural Diversity & Health and Social Care in UK

Cultural diversity poses numerous challenges, as well as opportunities in the health and social care in UK. It is interesting to notice how the cultural diversity impacts the services received and rendered in the respective domain. What fascinates a cognitive mind, is the fact, as to how the cultural diversity in health and social sector can be beneficial and helpful in promoting and propagating the equality in opportunities, in both receiving and rendering the services (as ...