Fear of such adverse consequences undermined reporting obligations in IHR 1969.
Political oratory of such consequence is now rare.
Respondents believed that reporting is useless because hospital management will not take any action besides, the fear of consequences such as blame or revenge of perpetrators.
Workers do not believe that there is benefit in reporting because no actions are being taken (59%), there is fear of consequences such as revenge of assailant (17%), they feel shame over the incident (4.5%), there is a lack of proper reporting system or knowledge to whom to report (4.5%), and 1.5% for other reasons.
One of the ayurvedic practitioners mentioned the fear of legal consequences such as license revocation for mismanagement of cases or prescription of allopathic drugs (which such practitioners are not formally qualified to administer) if they submitted data on a tuberculosis or dengue case.
Previous failure to disclose was ascribed to fear of negative consequences, such as divorce and loss of economic support, or fear of jeopardising a promising new relationship.
In other settings, ill persons may be less likely to report symptoms for fear of adverse consequences such as travel delays, involuntary isolation of ill persons, or quarantine of exposed contacts.
The relation is also suggested to vary by employee age, sex, or study context that is, the national unemployment rate 3 and type of welfare regime 8 all of which are linked to factors that could increase the fear of adverse consequences, such as lack of re-employment opportunities and economic insecurity.
No one should have to hide out of fear of negative consequences or reprisals such as loss of employment or social ridicule.
Our previous research has found that older patients may not be willing to divulge information to health care professionals about their dietary behaviours or social risk factors that impact on nutritional status due to fear of potential negative consequences, such as institutionalization and loss of independence [ 30].
