24Factors influencing health status or contact with health services
Factors influencing health status
Problems associated with social or cultural environment
QE03
category
Social exclusion or rejection
Definition Exclusion and rejection on the basis of personal characteristics such as physical appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, illness or behaviour.
Also indexed as
Social deprivation Social exclusion Social exclusion or rejection Social isolation Social rejection
Nearby in Problems associated with social or cultural environment
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