Enhancing patient compliance with medical regimens: strategies for the general practitioner

Aust Fam Physician. 1981 Dec;10(12):954-9.

Abstract

Making an appropriate diagnosis and writing out the necessary prescription does not guarantee the patient will understand what is required and will follow through with the appropriate health action.

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Aged
  • Drug Administration Schedule*
  • Drug Packaging
  • Ethics
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Family Practice*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Informed Consent
  • Male
  • Memory
  • Motivation
  • Patient Compliance*
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Physician-Patient Relations
  • Reinforcement, Psychology
  • Self Care