Problem
Dehumanization of health care
Other Names:
Degrading medical treatmentAbusive treatment of women in labour
Undignified medical treatment
Nature:
Patients are being perceived and treated as things or nonpersons or lesser persons without any warmth in human interaction. The same social forces that contribute to dehumanization in economic and political milieus lead to dehumanization in health care: aggregation of services, bureaucratization of services, secularization of values, professionalization of skills, and proliferation of technologies.
Broader Problems:
Inadequate health servicesUnethical practices of health servicesDehumanization of man in the technological process Narrower Problems:
Inappropriate managed care regimesAversion to institutionalized careNeglect of elderly in institutional careIrresponsible transspecies organ transplantation Related Problems:
Male bias of medicineFemale bias of medicine Aggravates:
Medical deceptionDehumanization of deathNeglected young childrenRefusal to provide medical treatmentNon-use of available health facilitiesInadequate maternal and child health careIrrational conscientious refusal of medical interventionCoronavirus disease Subject(s):
Health Care → CareHealth Care → Treatment
Medicine → Reproductive system
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Society → Women
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST