Equality & Diversity Flashcards
1
Q
What act is most relevant to equality and diversity in dentistry?
A
Equality Act 2010
2
Q
What does the Equality Act 2010 impact on?
A
- fairness of access to health services
- responsibilities of employers in discrimination
- descrimination by employers against staff
3
Q
What is diversity?
A
the acknowledgement of alterity among people in terms of their community, culture, beliefs, life experiences and individuality
4
Q
What is the difference between equality and equity?
A
equality involves everyone being treated the same, equity involves treating people differently so they can access the same experiences and opportunities
5
Q
What are the 9 diversity strands detailed by the Equality Act 2010?
A
- age
- disability
- gender reassignment
- marriage and civil partnership
- pregnancy and maternity
- race and ethnicity
- religion and belief
- sex
- sexual orientation
6
Q
What are the 7 types of discrimination?
A
- direct
- treating someone less favourably
- due to protected characteristic
- indirect
- people with protected characteristic
- put at an unfair disadvantage
- associative
- because of someone else’s characteristic
- perceived
- believed they have a protected characteristic
- harassment
- violating a persons dignity
- degrading, humiliating, hostile, intimidating
- offensive environment
- victimisation
- detriment to person making use of the act
- instruction to discriminate
