Communication skills are very important in any profession and they can be of critical importance in the field of healthcare. Hence it is imperative that healthcare professionals possess requisite range of communication skills that satisfies the information needs of patients and their colleagues. Healthcare industry is such that interacting with people (especially patients) is at…
Tag: World Health Organization
How does a health care system assess and assure quality health care services?
The litmus test for the efficiency and effectiveness of any public health system is its performance in a crisis situation. Civil societies have come to expect basic protections at the time of these crises. Such emergencies also test a government’s true ability to act under pressure. In other words, “they define a state’s capacity to…
Access to personal healthcare and behavioral model of health services use
Access to healthcare means the ability of an individual or a family to avail of medical facilities and treatments if and when they need it most. Today, access to healthcare is available to only the middle classes in the United States. The country, in spite of being the world’s leading economic power, has failed to…
Social Stigma and Mental Illness
A mental illness is a disorder that causes mild to severe abnormalities in thinking, cognitive functions and behavior patterns of the affected people. If these disturbances are too severe, they may impair a person’s ability to cope with life’s ordinary demands and routines. Mental illnesses are still stigmatized in contemporary society, in spite of a…
Sociology of Mental Illness
A mental illness is a disorder that causes mild to severe abnormalities in thinking, cognitive functions and behavior patterns of the affected people. If these disturbances are too severe, they may impair a person’s ability to cope with life’s ordinary demands and routines. Mental illnesses are still stigmatized in contemporary society, in spite of a…