| Description |
xiv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Scope of noncompliance and other issues -- Drug therapies leading to noncompliant activity / Jayashri Sankaranarayanan -- The costs of noncompliance -- Definitions and measurement of compliance -- Models to evaluate patient compliance / Christopher Cook -- Methods to impact patient compliance -- Bridging the gap between provider and patient variables : concordance -- Ethics of compliance -- The role of health professionals in influencing patient compliance / Richard Schulz -- Disease state management in older persons with hyperlipidemia / Louis Roller, Jenny Gowan -- Current and future considerations |
| Summary |
"Patient Compliance with Medications: Issues and Opportunities tackles the issue of patients complying with medication instructions by exploring in detail the range of noncompliance behavior, the negative impacts the behavior has on patients as well as society at large, and practical ways to influence people to take their medicine for optimum health."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Drugs -- Administration.
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Patient compliance.
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Drug Therapy.
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Patient Compliance.
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Physician's Role.
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Treatment Refusal.
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| Author |
Fincham, Jack E.
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| LC no. |
2006034985 |
| ISBN |
9780789026095 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0789026090 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780789026101 soft alkaline paper |
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0789026104 soft alkaline paper |
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