HIV: personalities denounce the virus of discrimination
Two former ministers of health and many personalities signed a petition launched by a catering entrepreneur, Camille Genton.“Today, thanks to ...
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Funeral care: HIV-positive people now have access
The Minister of Health on Thursday signed a decree lifting the ban, as of January 1, 2018. The appeal of ...
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Doctors better trained to avoid “grossophobia”
INTERVIEW - The training of general practitioners has evolved towards more benevolence towards obese people. But grossophobia remains a problem.When ...
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Funeral care: associations claim this right for people with HIV
In an open letter to Emmanuel Macron, six associations call for lifting the ban on funeral care for patients with ...
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Parkinson’s: changing perspective to fight against the exclusion of patients
On the occasion of World Parkinson's Day, patient associations wish to inform in order to fight against prejudices.More than 200,000 ...
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AIDS: the UN call against discrimination
On the occasion of Zero Discrimination Day, the Agency recalls that one in eight people living with HIV is denied ...
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Alert on discrimination to CMU beneficiaries
© iStockPhotosThe Defender of Rights warns about discrimination against people benefiting from Universal Health Coverage (CMU). Researchers from the University ...
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Galeries Lafayette: apologies to the cancer patient
A client with cancer was denied access to Galeries Lafayette in Toulouse because she refused to remove her cap. An ...
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Refusal of care: a complaint from the Order of Physicians against practitioners
The National Council of the Order of Physicians announces that it will seize its disciplinary chambers against doctors refusing care ...
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Stereotypes: girls underestimate themselves from 6 years old
Study published in Science shows that little girls associate the quality of being "very, very intelligent" with a man rather ...
Read moreCMU: the Defender of Rights investigates refusals of care
The Defender of Rights opened several investigations after having been referred to associations on several cases of doctors reporting on ...
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Homophobic remarks: a complaint filed by the Order of Physicians
Following the report of homophobic comments made on Facebook by a generalist, the Council of the Order of Côte-d'Or filed ...
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Diabetes: “certain prohibitions to exercise a profession are justified”
Patients launch a campaign against discriminatory regulations governing access to work for diabetics. Prof. Fabrice Bonnet prefers to do it ...
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Transgender people: further discrimination in the U.S. health care system
© GettyImagesAn Obamacare clause that aimed to protect transgender people from discrimination will be repealed. At least that's what the ...
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AIDS: “People were not expected to live so long”
MAINTENANCE - The life expectancy of people with HIV is getting longer, but care does not follow. Apart from prejudices, ...
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Epilepsy: a European day to fight against discrimination
© VLADGRINTHE'epilepsy is far from being a marginal disease since it is the third most frequent neurological disease in our ...
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Veiled patient: a doctor convicted of discrimination
The Rhône-Alpes Order of Physicians has sanctioned a doctor with a one-month ban on practice, suspended. She had refused to ...
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WHO: teasing the elderly disrupts their health
The elderly are not respected around the world, and even more so in rich countries, according to a WHO analysis ...
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Patient rights: complaints of discrimination on the rise
In its annual Observatory on the rights of patients, the Ciss reports that a third of the patients who turned ...
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Veiled patient: the doctor has an obligation of care
A doctor is accused by a Muslim patient of refusing to treat her for discriminatory reasons. Serious misconduct according to ...
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One in five transgender people are refused treatment
Transgender people are 50 times more exposed to HIV than the general population. Between discrimination and refusal of care, their ...
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Disability: a campaign to fight prejudice
To fight against discrimination against people with disabilities, LADAPT is launching a national campaign to challenge the general public. "Access ...
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Prison: women victims of discrimination
Women, a minority among the prison population, suffer a lot of discrimination compared to men, according to a report.To be ...
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Epilepsy: discrimination affects the majority of patients
Epileptics live a double sentence. In addition to suffering the pangs and pains of their illness, they are also victims ...
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Sexism: an association denounces discrimination against women in the medical world
© Getty imagesIt is well known: "women are sissies". And sometimes, health professionals do not hesitate to discriminate against their ...
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Psoriasis week: patients victims of discrimination
40% of people suffering from psoriasis have already been victims of discrimination in the workplace, and 13% in the family ...
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Discrimination: in the United States racial discrimination based on hair prohibited
© GettyImagesRacial discrimination continues to affect the United States, until the chosen hairstyle ... Wednesday July 3, California banned "racial ...
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Names of diseases: WHO wants to change the rules
New names for new diseases. WHO is proposing new rules for naming recently discovered diseases, without branding. Discriminatory, the name ...
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Homophobic discrimination affects the health of LGBT + people
On the occasion of the International Day against Homophobia, Santé Publique France warns about the consequences of homophobic discrimination on ...
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Obesity characterized as a disability at work
The European Court of Justice now considers that obesity can fall into the category of disabilities and characterize discrimination at ...
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