"A conviction could lead to unrest in the affected community but if they discontinue a case they know most victims won't complain due to their vulnerability".
"We also know that older people indeed suffer in silence and do not complain due to various reasons such as fear of their care being affected adversely, being seen as a difficult patient or pure sense of gratitude and not wanting to overburden already stretched staffing resources".
16, 17 Often, the patient does not complain due to cultural reasons, the so-called "culture of silence", due to embarrassment, or for economic reasons.
Furthermore, some respondents chose not to complain due to fear of reprimands, such as receiving worse care or having their treatment withdrawn an alarming result that also implies a considerable lack of trust among some of the respondents.
"You were struck by the silence of the children – the silence of children too exhausted from malnutrition to make any sound, and the silence of children dying without complaining, due to their unquestioning trust in adults," he recalled.
Although the Indian government has instituted mechanisms that could enable women to register their grievances such as making complaints to facility superintendents, reports reveal low awareness about these mechanisms among women, lack of procedures for this and also that rural women refrain from complaining due to fear of reprisals (32).
Migrant workers rarely complain due to the fear of dismissal, arrest, deportation and unfamiliarity with the Thai language and legal system [ 1] Previous research conducted in Thailand revealed that migrants from neighbouring countries were facing a number of barriers to accessing health services even though their cultural background was similar to that of the host country [ 7].
He complained that due to the lack of progress in the negotiations he had been forced to participate in a 2 00 am meeting with other world leaders.
In recent years lung cancer specialists have complained that due to stigma resulting from the association of the disease with smoking, theirs is a neglected field.
And one of the two new vice-presidents comes from the army.The few opposition politicians who won seats complain that due to absurdly strict procedural rules they have barely been allowed to submit questions, let alone call for debates.
