PY 101 Chapter 45: Module 45

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PY 101
• Professor: Tammi Carroll

Document Summary

Noncompliance with medical advice o o o o o. Patient"s failure to show up for scheduled appointments. Creative nonadherence- where patients alter a treatment prescribed by a physician by substituting their own medical judgement. Lack of communication between medical care providers and patients can be a major obstacle to good medical care o o. Physicians push a specific treatment that they prefer without consulting patients o o light o o o. Patients may be reluctant to volunteer information that would cast them in bad. Physicians may have difficulties encouraging patient to provide information. Physicians dominate an interview with questions of a technical nature. Patients attempt to communicate a personal sense of their illness and the impact it is having on their lives o o. Patients do not understand treatment but do not ask for clear explanations. Patients unable to report accurately how long they are to continue taking a prescribed medication o o.