Medical Professionalism and Ethics

Anne is a single mother, and grew up in a deprived area of the inner city. She currently lives in a local authority housing estate near to where she grew up and leads an unhealthy lifestyle. She smokes, does not exercise and more importantly, does not follow medical advice given to her. This is detrimental to her well-being as in the long run, her health will deteriorate. Having grown up in possibly poverty, she probably does not have a fair amount of education as well. Being a single mother of two means that she has to shoulder the stress of bringing up the children in addition to providing for them, this emotional burden, coupled with her ill health, will have a likely impact on her upbringing of her children as they would be compelled to lead the lifestyle she is leading as she is their parent after all and they would very likely follow in their parents footsteps as what they perceive to be the right way. Anne might also not have enough knowledge on how to bring herself and her children up healthily and this might result in implications in the long term medical statuses of her children. From a lifespan perspective, Anne is in ill health probably because of her social determinants whilst she was a child. Having lived in poverty and in a deprived area of town, she would not have ready access to resources needed to sustain herself such as clean water. All the above factors would lead to her being unable to take care of her own health, and the various illnesses she presents with now might well be the consequence of it. Having inadequate education, she would not be able to bring her children up correctly especially in terms of health, this probably is probably a cause of their obesity issues. The unconducive environment is likely a...

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