Sentence examples for avoidance of discussion from inspiring English sources

Avoidance of discussion of and assumptions about HIV status are particularly worrisome in light of the fact that gay men and other MSM are the only risk group in the U.S. to be experiencing an increase in HIV infections.

The low internal consistency may also reflect that the high prevalence of PTSD in this sample, as PTSD frequently involves shame and avoidance of discussion [ 30].

Shame is a feeling the individual tries to handle, using various strategies, and we found that the suicide victims exhibited specific ways of behavior when confronted with stressful conflicts, including avoidance of discussion of problems with parents, somatic complaints and irritability.

Feelings of numbness and unreality that persist for a week or more after the attacks can be warning signs, many experts said, as can complete avoidance of discussions, people or places that carry reminders of the events.

The venerable Alan Greenspan of the US Federal Reserve testified before legislators yesterday, and his avoidance of discussions on interest rates - fears the US is on the verge of raising rates have recently spooked markets - prompted an equity rally on both sides of the Atlantic.

The Mormon path to normalization over the course of the 20th century depended heavily on this avoidance of public discussion of its religious tenets.

This observation is consistent with the finding that stimulating the fear of AIDS or raising concerns about the disease leads to avoidance of any discussion related to AIDS.

In addition, one respondent commented that nontargeted HIV screening involves an avoidance of individual discussions with patients, which underscores the tendency of clinicians to generally avoid frank discussions about sex and sexuality with patients.

An amendment tabled by former children's minister Tim Loughton, fellow Tory David Burrowes and Jim Shannon of the DUP, says: "For the avoidance of doubt, the discussion or criticism of sexual conduct or practices or the discussion or criticism of same-sex marriage shall not be taken of itself to be discrimination".

Doctors' avoidance of life-expectancy discussions is common, 6 often for fear of destroying hope or the therapeutic relationship.

This would ensure the avoidance of standard rigid procedural discussions and avoid challenges to patient autonomy and medical ethics.