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Problem
Ignorance concerning disease
Other Names:
Medical ignorance
Ignorance concerning disease transmission
Incidence:
In the UK, more than 50% of the public believe that antibiotics kills viruses as well as bacteria.
Broader Problems:
Scientific ignorance
Inadequate medical training
Ignorance of health and hygiene
Narrower Problems:
Ignorance of traditional herbal remedies
Aggravates:
Diarrhoea in children
Infestation by head louse
Human disease and disability
Acquired human immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Vulnerability of indigenous populations to introduction of diseases
Strategies:
Teaching about disease
Studying human disease and disability
References:
Duncan, R and Weston-Smith, M: Encyclopaedia of Medical Ignorance: the mind and body in health and disease
Subject(s):
Education
→
Educational level
Medicine
→
Medicine
Medicine
→
Pathology
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST