Reflection

Culture, values and attitude of a person are some of the aspects that drive society towards him or her.  It is extremely important to understand one’s inclination towards the society and could easily be comprehended through his values and beliefs (Orchard et al., 2009). There’s an old maxim which says “Society makes a man” which mostly emphasises on society and its activities to show how a man learns and takes up the nuances to become good or bad in the society. However, the adage remains controversial since there have been a lot of talks regarding men and their activities that contribute to building a society (Reeves et al., 2011). Hence it could be said that man and society have a complementary relationship. Dixon-Woods et al., (2013) stated that nowadays it is believed that culture is an extremely important aspect of a man’s life, which is quite true as the cultural identity of the man is somehow given the utmost respect in the society. A man rich in culture is regarded as the constructer of society and mankind and maybe that is why teachers and doctors are given high respect in our world. People say that a man lives on the earth through his or her deeds and taking the clue one of the very renowned poets Mr John Keats wrote “Bards of Passion and Mirth. Ye have left your souls on earth!” which meant the same thing said above (Dixon-Woods et al., 2013). 

The main motive of the above paragraph is to set the platform to bring up the discussion of identity and its aspects and how important they are in setting someone’s life. Kaplan et al., (2010) said it is important to mention that culture, attitude, behaviour, beliefs and values all these aspects are interweaved and have a great correlation with each other in every human’s life and hence they have their shadow on everything that we do (Kaplan et al., 2010). Culture has played an important role in shaping up my life and giving it the right direction that was foreordained. In the life of a health and social care worker, the above aspects become extremely important. Choosing this career path was not easy but I admit it was completely my decision and I take a lot of pride in it. My family has always had a huge role to play in my life and since we have always been free and emancipated I knew it would not be easy to accept something new happening in my life and hence this decision. This culture of freeness and emancipation helped me to a large extent in pursuing my career dreams to become a health and social care worker. My father being a teacher has always instilled faith in me about mankind and taught me the importance of serving the human race and I am just trying to do accordingly as he says.  On the other hand, experiencing a completely co-educational culture during my academic career helped me to think profoundly and also guided me to love and respect every human being with paramount perseverance. Being a character from the contemporary generation helped me to stay devoted as well as respect all the other cultures that I came across with equal ease which increased acceptance in me developing that friendly behavior within me which helped me to treat every patient properly with all my potential. 

Right from my childhood, I have always been punctual dutiful and accountable which adds to my advantage as a health and social care worker. Growing up with a family which recognizes and responsibility and gives paramount consideration to duty has been a key strength for me as this has allowed me to become dedicated to my job and love it as my only preached god. Growing up in an open-minded Australian family has taught me to become optimistic which helps me to interact with patients from different caste, creeds, ethnicity and culture and surprisingly helps me to quickly create a great camaraderie with them.  This leads to easy conversation and problem solving as my cognitive intelligence is good as I was exposed to different kinds of knowledge at a very early age. I have always believed being compassionate is the best way to create rapport and this is paying off in my professional field as service users are most vulnerable and look for people who show empathy and compassion to them. It is extremely important to mention that being compassionate has helped as it provides me time to be creative and innovative in my treatment since the patient is ready to spend time with me. Aveyard, (2014) said during professional interaction effective listening culture helps to effectively listen to the patient and ensure him or her all the safety and security and quick recovery promise which makes them comfortable and provides a momentary respite. Being polite is extremely important as a calm and quiet attitude is the key to success in the health and social care sector (Aveyard, 2014). 

I often come across mentally affected patients who need love and comfort and it often makes me depressed seeing their condition. The state of depression makes me come back at my job with a bang and with an effective presence of mind that supports me in all my work. Shim, (2010) stated that the health and social care workers are the best people to eliminate any kind of culture wars as they themselves belong to different cultures and also experience different cultures during their professional tenure which acts as a huge support to develop ideas and programs to make the treatment better for consumers (Shim, 2010). Concluding the paper it is important to mention that individuals are always influenced by their cultures and perceptions but it is up to them how they react to it or how do they want to use it. I personally feel that culture is a great tool that could be used for providing better treatment to patients as well as developing one’s personal self as a better human being which is extremely important to build up a better and healthier society without being free of wars and conflicts. 

References

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Kaplan, H. C., Brady, P. W., Dritz, M. C., Hooper, D. K., Linam, W., Froehle, C. M., & Margolis, P. (2010). The influence of context on quality improvement success in health care: a systematic review of the literature.Milbank Quarterly, 88(4), 500-559.

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