Problem
Refusal of drug treatment
Other Names:
Failure to take prescribed medical treatment Nature:
People refuse to take prescribed medical drugs for many reasons; laziness, failure to understand the consequences of not taking the drugs and belief that the consequences of recovery from the illness are worse than the consequences of the illness. Incidence:
Russian prisoners refuse to take drugs for tuberculosis because they fear that if they recover, they would be sent to a labour camp, which would be even worse than the squalid prisons they live in. Broader Problems:
Irrational conscientious refusal of medical intervention Narrower Problems:
Vaccine hesitancy Reduces:
Antimicrobial drug resistance Subject(s):
Societal Problems → FailureSocietal Problems → Deprivation
Health Care → Treatment
Health Care → Pharmacy
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
G: Very specific problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST