Table 1: Issues which patients are hesitant to disclose in their EMR.

Health issue	Pertaining to	Notes	References
Pregnancy	Termination of pregnancy	Apart from special circumstances, abortion is illegal in Malaysia, making it a social taboo for people to share this kind of information. In countries where abortion is legal, patients feel more comfortable in sharing such information if their health care professionals were well-informed on such issues.	[29-31]
Mental Health	Anxiety/Depression	Those diagnosed with mental disorders are often discriminated when it comes to the provision of care.	[28, 32]
Sexual Health	Referral to sex therapy / Lack of libido / Emergency/Routine contraception	Any issue relevant to the sexual well-being of an individual, including but not limited to the use of contraception is stereotyped as promiscuous behaviour.	[28, 29]
Others	Overdose attempt / Medication history / Life insurance	Patients universally are afraid of reporting significant health information in the fear of their insurance company retracting their current policy or increasing their annual premium rate to an unaffordable amount.	[28, 29]