Institutional Discrimination in Paediatric Hospitals

Abstract

Social discrimination stands for one of the phenomena that social policies attempt to counteract by legislation, with a view to impeding its effects. Nevertheless, at the institutional level, the decisions perpetuate and encourage discrimination, being practically a norm in an abnormal situation. Abnormality is represented by a series of deficiencies falling within the scope of perverse effects. Having analyzed institutional policies in the field of child health, we have identified a series of issues that fall under social discrimination. The paper submits the reasons for institutional discrimination in pediatric hospitals. The purpose of the research is to identify the discriminated persons and to report the repercussions of institutional discrimination at the social level.