Social Inequalities In Health Care

The sociological analysis for why these inequalities in health and health care happen are mainly because of racism that has happened throughout society across the United States. The racial differences between black and white was a big deal in the past for the U.S. and this brought massive attention whether a person should be treated like this because of their skin. Gender in society plays an important role in identifying social status and therefore, has more increased health care to be implemented within society. Next, Race/Ethnicity is the category in how we define ourselves within society (White, Black, American Indian, Pacific Islander, etc.). This inequality is traces all the way back to disease, and forms of social norms that fail to maintain

the racial society it has. Interaction amongst racial differences is extremely risky, which can disrupt cultural norms and cause genetic differences. Lastly, Social Class, also referred to as socioeconomic status, label racial disparities in health as dangerous as well. Each Race/Ethnicity has its disparities and each one has a different socioeconomic status; whites being labeled as rich, and African Americans and Latinos being labeled at poor. Once again, these social inequalities in health amongst the categories of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Social Class all differ between one another and each if more important than the last. Society has seen all these as terrible inequalities and we have tried to justify for it by treating equal rights for everyone and total access to health concerns everywhere across the U.S.