The stand of the author
Tracey Owens Patton has noted that beauty among all women is measured according to cultural and societal standards. In comparison with white woman, the black woman is equally beautiful, although many African women are trying to follow the standards of beauty employed by their white counterparts. This brings about devastating effects to the black woman (Patton, 2006)
My opinion
I totally agree with Patton because beauty entails a lot. According to the way of life of different societies, different standards of beauty will be employed. Trying to adopt the standards of another society will be harmful since many will try to change their ways of living in order to fit in the new standards of beauty.
Gender equity in health policies
Stand of the author
Stewart and colleagues (2009) point out that many health policies in different countries are generally gender insensitive with women being disadvantaged. Gender inequity exists in countries regardless of culture, religion, politics and economic status. Health policies should be implemented in order to improve the health and wellbeing of women (Stewart et al, 2009).
My opinion
Women have always been considered weak and thus they are always disadvantaged in many ways. I agree with the authors’ opinion because, with equity in health policies, cases like rape, abortions and domestic violence will go down and the mental torture that many women do undergo will reduce greatly. All human beings have feelings and should be treated equally in all aspects.
Compassion fatigue and burnouts
Authors’ stand
Compassion fatigue and burnouts are common to health workers especially nurse. Many will tend to be affected negatively by the deteriorating conditions of their patients. This leads to a sad life to the workers with many of them quitting job after a period of intolerance. Greater exposure should be given to the health workers during their studies in order to increase their perseverance. (Potter et al, 2010).
My opinion
I partly disagree with the author. Compassion fatigue and burnouts in healthcare workers occurs at early stages. After getting used to the environment, most of them tend to become hostile especially in public hospitals. This leads to improper administration of medication leading to death. Thus law should be imposed for all healthcare workers to remain caring to patients.
Reference List
Patton, T. O. (2006). Hey Girl, Am I More than My Hair?: African American Women and Their Struggles with Beauty, Body Image, and Hair. ASS’N J, 24(26).
Potter, P., Deshilds, T., Divanbeigi, J., Berger, J., Cipriano, D., Norris, L., & Olsen, S. (2010). Compassion fatigue and burnout: prevalence among oncology nurses. Clin J Oncol Nurs, 14(5), E 56-62.
Stewart, D. E., Dorado, L. M., Diaz-Granados, N., Rondon, M., Saavedra, J., Posada-Villa, J., & Torres, Y. (2009). Examining gender equity in health policies in a low-(Peru), middle- (Colombia), and high- (Canada) income country in the Americas. J Public Health Policy, 30(4), 439-54.