After visiting the Dignity Health center in Highland this weekend I became so much more aware of the importance of social class in determining the treatment of people. This particular health center is dedicated to providing compassionate, high quality and affordable services to everyone that walks through their doors. They have a strong belief that everyone deserves medical care regardless of skin color, background or circumstances. During my visit at this center everything that they stand for was made very obvious in the kind of service that they provided to their patients.
As I was sitting in the waiting room, I was very impressed by the kind of service that the employees provided. Taking this sociology class has really made me observe the way in which certain organizations work. It is reasonable to say that everyone works along a budget and watching this place, it was obvious to see who would be able to afford the medical treatment that they were receiving today and who would not. Regardless of this, every single person who walked in was attended exactly the same. There were no differences made between wealthy and poor.
I was very intrigued after my visit and as I observed the website I realized that they were very aware of their core values which included, dignity, collaboration, justice, stewardship and excellence. Aside from providing excellent doctors to assist the immediate needs of the people, they made sure to promote respect for all of the people. Seldom do I notice such things, but as I struggled to put prejudices aside I realized that if more people acted in the same way and believed that every life matters, we would be living in a much better world.