Assignment task: Please write me a reflective essay about how racism and other forms of discrimination unfairly disadvantage people and lead to social and health inequities In Canada. Please use 3 peers reviewed articles and College of Nurses of Ontario.
Brief Explanation of Applying a Critical Lens:
Underlying assumptions within a critical reflection paper include, but are not limited to the following:
- consider forms of social order involve forms of domination and power belief systems presented and treated as "facts" can act as barriers to conscious action and freedom a critical lens helps to see through taken-for-granted relations and beliefs to examine underlying structures and social relationships certain groups in any society are privileged over others; oppression is most forcefully reproduced when people who are subordinated accept their social status as natural, necessary, or inevitable how do you relate the above points to clients within healthcare, thinking about these dynamics, ideas, labels, and stereotypes? What changes in the status quo can you see that would benefit clients?
Other Points to Consider:
In grading the student's paper, the following elements will be evaluated, with the greatest weighting on analysis/synthesis of the literature
1. Inquiry question: Inquiry question and area of interest is clearly described; significance of the issue and/or topic is addressed.
2. Synthesis: The synthesis should include information within the literature and discussed in reference to how they inform the topic.
3. Organization of paper/style: Sections and paragraphs flow together clearly. Headings used to organize discussion of literature sources. Multiple perspectives presented logically and clearly, promoting ease in reading. Document is professionally written with virtually no errors in punctuation and is in the correct format. The writing and referencing style of is consistent with APA 7th edition. Writing style is clear and engaging and length of paper meets the stipulated length of 5 pages.
4. Sources & source quality: Information is gathered from a wide range of journals, books and related authoritative materials. An attempt has been made to ensure that sources represent the diversity of perspectives/breadth of debates on the issue.