| Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
| T968 |
0-214 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Vulnerability can also give rise to injustice when a patient’s level of health literacy results in a failure accurately to communicate one’s medical history or the nature or intensity of symptoms being experienced. |
| T969 |
215-342 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This exemplifies a failure in relation to the fair allocation of full and adequate information mentioned in an earlier section. |
| T970 |
343-561 |
Sentence |
denotes |
For instance, a poor patient from a far‐flung area with no prior knowledge about her condition may not mention relevant details in her history because she feels that these may not be important for a doctor’s diagnosis. |
| T971 |
562-771 |
Sentence |
denotes |
When caregivers overlook this point and do not try hard enough to clarify to the patient what could be relevant, they could be compounding the effects of inequity in education, or dissemination of information. |
| T972 |
772-914 |
Sentence |
denotes |
By their neglect, they allow the inequity to be manifested in the allocation of scarce lifesaving resources, especially in a triage situation. |
| T973 |
915-1113 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Where the dangers to a patient’s life may already be difficult to deal with, missing treatment opportunities just because of miscommunication is going to magnify the adverse impact of vulnerability. |
| T974 |
1114-1327 |
Sentence |
denotes |
These examples of possible discrimination in a triage setting are most likely to affect those who belong to economically and educationally disadvantaged sectors of society because of their limited health literacy. |
| T975 |
1328-1581 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Rather than being blamed on the disadvantaged themselves, a community’s level of health literacy should be presumed to be the result of a failure on the part of health authorities to convey pertinent information and make it understandable to the public. |
