Author Question: Which of the following statements best reflects the model of justice U.S. health care is based on? ... (Read 54 times)

abarnes · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Which of the following statements best reflects the model of justice U.S. health care is based on?

a. All people are entitled to minimum standards of care.
b. All people are responsible to help their neighbors.
c. All people have a right to whatever their own efforts allow them to purchase.
d. Like firefighting, police protection, libraries, and roads and highways, health care must be supported by tax money for the good of all who need such services.

Question 2

A nurse is working in a community setting caring for persons with mental health problems and their families. Which of the following is the most important and critical task for this nurse?

a. Be an advocate by writing letters to legislators demanding more resources for care for the mentally ill
b. Encourage all those involved to fight the community's tendency to stigmatize the mentally ill and their families
c. Establish supportive interpersonal relationships with all those involved
d. Lobby for increased funding for care of the mentally ill

Jossy · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Market justice has been the dominant model and purports that people are entitled to valued ends (i.e., status, income, and happiness) according to their own individual efforts. Moreover, this model stresses individual responsibility, minimal collective action, and freedom from collective obligations other than respect for another person's fundamental rights. In contrast, under a social justice model, all people are equally entitled to key ends (i.e., access to health care and minimum standards of income). Consequently, all members of society must accept collective burdens to provide a fair distribution of these ends.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Perhaps the most critical impact made by the nurse in a community setting is through the establishment of interpersonal relationships with clients. Establishing supportive relationships is the first step in the role of the community mental health nurse as coach for mental and physical health promotion. After a supportive relationship has been established, the nurse will be more knowledgeable about the needs of the population and will be a better advocate and lobbyist for the population.