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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Stigmatized diseases

Stigmatized diseases

Nature

The community holds the victim responsible for his illness and sees the condition as a punishment for his earlier actions.

Broader

Human disease and disability
Excellent
Social stigma
Unpresentable
Discrimination against the ill
Yet to rate

Narrower

Tuberculosis
Excellent
Plague
Excellent
Physical blindness
Excellent
Obesity
Excellent
Mental illness
Excellent
Human sexual disorders
Excellent
Cleft palate
Excellent
Acquired human immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Excellent
Yellow fever
Presentable
Typhoid fever
Presentable
Speech disorders
Presentable
Smallpox
Presentable
Sexually transmitted diseases
Presentable
Poliomyelitis
Presentable
Mumps
Presentable
Measles
Presentable
Leprosy
Presentable
Learning disorders
Presentable
Human infertility
Presentable
Herpes
Presentable
Dwarfism
Presentable
Deafness
Presentable
Cholera
Presentable
Anthrax
Presentable
Congenital syndromes affecting multiple systems
Unpresentable
Club foot
Unpresentable
Underweight
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Superstition
Presentable
Discriminatory scientific language
Yet to rate

Related

Physical unfitness
Excellent
Genetic discrimination
Excellent

Strategy

Studying stigmatized diseases
Yet to rate

Value

Disease
Yet to rate

Web link

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Medicine » Pathology
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D7279
    DOCID
    11472790
    D7NID
    141095
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020