Joelle Emerson, a women's-rights lawyer who runs Paradigm Strategy, Inc., which advises companies on diversity, told me that there's a particular reluctance to sue "among professional women who are really career-driven.
Physicians demonstrate particular reluctance to disclose information about a medical error for this reason [ 26].
A notable barrier to introducing ACP was an observed and particular reluctance to acknowledge or discuss death within the field of surgery.
The nurses also expressed that they had little theoretical knowledge about spiritual care, which resulted in a particular reluctance to care for residents' religious needs.
(Muslim Community informant: 8) Informants representing Sikh faith communities described a particular reluctance to disclose a cancer diagnosis or talk about cancer more generally which was linked to low awareness within the community.
Other difficulties alluded to were male clients' particular reluctance to have open discussions about SRH issues with health care providers and the lack of privacy due to space constraints in some health facilities.
In particular, reluctance to seek medical care, social pressure to demonstrate sexual prowess, and the inability of many un- and underemployed men to fulfill social expectations to financially support their families generated rich discussion and debate across our studies.
