1) Community Scan of Organization I am volunteering for the Central Alberta Cancer Centre located in Red Deer. There was a huge need for a centrally located cancer center, people were having to travel hours to receive treatment they desperately needed. The Cancer Centre in Red Deer opened in 2013 and I started volunteering their shortly after its opening. The Cancer Centre recruits their volunteers through the volunteer resources department of the Red Deer Regional Hospital. I have been a part of the youth volunteer program at the RDRH for six years on the main units and for a couple years in the Cancer Centre as an adult volunteer. Thirty percent of deaths in Canada are due to cancer (retrieved from Cancer.ca, 2011). This statistic shows
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Is it more acceptable for a women to quit her job and get healthy? Are men under more pressure to keep working while ill? Are women shown more compassion for cancer? Is there a gender that is blamed more for their own development of cancer?
C. Explore values of. In relation to the course Sociology of Gender and Sexuality through my community service learning opportunity I hope to explore the values of…
1) Myself, I hope to uncover some of my own biases. I will work to understand if I think equally about both genders in regards to cancer. I feel that I might still hold some of the traditional gender script prejudices, like men should be strong. I want to work to think about thinks in a more fair way.
2) Patients, do male versus female patients have more optimistic beliefs about the future? Do patients with more males or females around them act differently? Does the presence of a father, versus a mother affect how the patients narrates their experience with cancer? I also want to explore if females have more pressure on their looks then men when going through treatment.
3) Medical staff, I want to know if male versus female medical staff show more or less compassion and caring. I want to find out if medical staff show more patience with female or male
Is it more acceptable for a women to quit her job and get healthy? Are men under more pressure to keep working while ill? Are women shown more compassion for cancer? Is there a gender that is blamed more for their own development of cancer?
C. Explore values of. In relation to the course Sociology of Gender and Sexuality through my community service learning opportunity I hope to explore the values of…
1) Myself, I hope to uncover some of my own biases. I will work to understand if I think equally about both genders in regards to cancer. I feel that I might still hold some of the traditional gender script prejudices, like men should be strong. I want to work to think about thinks in a more fair way.
2) Patients, do male versus female patients have more optimistic beliefs about the future? Do patients with more males or females around them act differently? Does the presence of a father, versus a mother affect how the patients narrates their experience with cancer? I also want to explore if females have more pressure on their looks then men when going through treatment.
3) Medical staff, I want to know if male versus female medical staff show more or less compassion and caring. I want to find out if medical staff show more patience with female or male