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Problem
Discrimination against the ill
Other Names:
Diseasism
Diseasist language
Active prejudice towards the sick
Prejudicial treatment of diseases people
Nature:
Discrimination against those who are unwell.
Broader Problems:
Discriminatory use of language
Narrower Problems:
Stigmatized diseases
Discrimination against HIV-infected persons
Aggravates:
Conflict of interest in the terminally ill
Strategies:
Reducing discrimination against the ill
Subject(s):
Language
→
Languages
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Medicine
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Pathology
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Society
→
People
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Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems
Date of last update
24.06.2019 – 19:05 CEST