Hanin from New HavenThis is an individual with earning disability and takes good care of herself. She has dental problem where her teeth are rotting. She is an individual who needs some serious work but she is unfortunate that she has no dental insurance. In effect, she is not able to get dental treatment due to lack of this insurance. She has been keen to find help and the last was a dental clinic that she heard about on TV but on follow-up she was informed that they no longer took new cases. From her appearance, this patient is a young African American woman of the age range of between 20-28 years old.
Hanin’s case is a typical example of where poverty and environment plays a big role in increasing the health care disparity within the US. This is a lady who has no employment, in effect she is not able to pay for the dental insurance on a monthly or annual basis. It could be that it is the rotting teeth that prevent her from getting into serious and meaningful employment. This means that she will be in this perpetual poor position without dental insurance for a long time. The encounter that Hanin had with the health care system was a disturbing one knowing that she may as well be in pains for a long time and even lose her teeth yet the health care system would not help her. The main reason why the patient feels she received less than optimal reception was due to her poor status.
Hanin felt discouraged and despaired at the thought of not being able to get dental are and hence not being in a position of engaging in meaningful employment. If provided, the patient would be more than willing to have the dental services as she has been looking out for free dental clinics for treatment.
Tamara from Manchester
She is a young woman of African American race. She is suffering from anemia. On this particular instance, Tamara had driven to the hospital in great and while on her way, she turned on the music so loud in order...
Unfortunately, when she got to the hospital, the doctor did not believe Tamara that she was in great pain. The doctor told her that they had seen her in her car and that if she could listen and dance to the music that was such loud then she was not in pain.
The encounter that Tamara had with the health care system was less than pleasant one as the doctor did not focus on the pain that Tamara had, but looked at her as a liar seeking attention. The most disturbing thing in this encounter was the lack of sensitivity to the needs of the patient but instead stereotyping her and branding her as a liar. The patient felt disrespected and branded as a liar instead of her medical conditioned being taken care of, this was less than optimal care for her. This is s classic example of what Hall J.W. et.al, (2015) refer to as covert discrimination which they say still exists extensively within the American society. The patient may not be keen on coming back to this particular hospital in the future. Statistics has it that Latinos and Blacks when they fall sick are less likely to receive effective treatment for treatment of pain in ER.
Marijane from Salem
This is a grandmother who seems to be of Latino race. This patient suffered from a fall and was taken to the emergency room. Upon arrival at the ER, the staff took away her hearing aid hence incapacitating her even more. Apparently the staff members did not bother to find out if she was able to hear even slightly without the aid of the hearing aids, or it seems they took them away and forgot about them in the process. When the daughter arrived, the staff members asked the daughter for the history of the client upon which the daughter directed them to ask the client since she was of sound mind and would answer them accordingly. Even at that point the staff members did not see the need to bring in the client and insisted that she was confused and…
