Social Discrimination Essay

In your own words, describe social discrimination.

Personally, I will describe social discrimination as the unfair, unequal and often negative treatment of a person, or group of people, based on a perceived character, trait, attitude, sex, race, religion or some other characteristics.

At work, have you found yourself having biases with one of your patients? Is this a form of discrimination?

I remember a certain incidence towards one of my patients recently. The patient was a very muscular male, about 6’ 2”, 280 pounds and very loud when I came into his room the first time. My first reaction was to place him in a category of big tough bullies, who will shout their way into getting what they want. I interacted with him based on that perceived notion. It turned out, he was just angry at a certain ill-treatment he had earlier received. After I attended to his grievance and alleviated his

This fact is evident in the various occurrences all around the country. Numerous studies and the media are awash with news of racial, gender, religious and so many other forms of discrimination and its impact on our society. One form of discrimination that is worthy of mention for this discussion is described by Kaakinen et al. (2015). It is the genetic discrimination. Although, this is silent and not wide spread in the U.S. (Kaakinen, 2015), many individuals choose not to subject themselves to genetic testing, which is testing for a medical condition, due to fear of not getting the scheduled raise and/or promotion, or being laid off work. This leads to a suppression and possible spread of an infectious disease, and/or possible death, due to lack of early diagnosis and treatment of a hidden undiagnosed condition. This has huge negative impact on the individuals and their families, since it may eventually lead to loss of