DISCUSSION CH11
Institution Affiliation
Communitarianism, as an ethical structure, mostly prioritizes reciprocity, interdependence, and mutual accountability. Which the main aim is to guarantee equitable freedoms for everyone within a community (Abbasi et al., 2018).Communitarianism is in contrast with liberalism’s which emphasis individualism. In the US, public health programs are generally communitarian (Ataguba, 2011). Individual health is important, but keeping the environment safe is the best way to keep individuals healthy. An example is hand washing hands regularly, which is an efficient way to prevent Covid-19 from coming into contact (Dalton et al., 2020). It also means that you are less likely to transmit the infection to others with a particular concern for the elderly and those with existing health issues.
The health system in the USA is more individual as health care is provided by many different organizations (Nagy, 2019). Health care services in the US are owned and managed mostly by private-sector corporations. This means that residents in the US do not have a proportion of health satisfaction. Therefore, this makes it hard for those who don’t have insurance covers especially the elderly in this time of COVID-19 pandemic to be more vulnerable with the disease (Van Bavel et al., 2020) since they cannot afford the healthcare as that provided in the private sectors many succumb.
The majority of health care providers are “pro bono,” which means that they do not meet the exact standards (Smith, 2019). Some work over long hours, which made some of them deliver inequality work, and some make inappropriate decisions in case of an emergency, which includes allowing patients to succumb due to negligence. Some health care providers have ethical issues including the distribution of resources and the misuse of power (Levesque et al., 2013), which has led to many succumbing to the COVID-19 pandemic as many health providers don’t meet the standards since what they deliver to tackle the epidemic is above their expertise.
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