RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A review of the factors associated with patient compliance and the taking of prescribed medicines.
JF British Journal of General Practice
JO Br J Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 114
OP 116
VO 40
IS 332
A1 S Griffith
YR 1990
UL http://bjgp.org/content/40/332/114.abstract
AB Patient non-compliance is an ever present and complex issue, the importance of which is likely to increase in successive years as the population ages. Non-compliant behaviour is not only costly in terms of time, money and resources, but can also be detrimental to the doctor-patient relationship. Assessment of the prevalence and nature of non-compliance is difficult, but several determinant factors have been found to be associated with it. The aim of this review is to consider these factors and so increase the doctor's awareness of this problem.