MALAYSIANS in general would claim to have sufficient knowledge about matters pertaining to their health and well-being. However, many healthcare practitioners would beg to differ, and would argue that the level of health consciousness and understanding among men specifically is critically inadequate. These healthcare practitioners would pinpoint the reluctance of men to discuss issues relevant to their health or see their physicians as the crux of the challenge – and that they fail to realise that they risk their well-being and life with their reticence.
Considering that the Asian population is ageing rapidly, the need to impart the importance for men to be aware of the key health issues pertinent to them, as well as to encourage higher levels of health consciousness is becoming even more urgent.
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