The Rational Clinical Examination
David L. Simel, Drummond Rennie
Compliance and Medication Adherence
Barbara J. Stephenson, Brian H. Rowe, R. Brian Haynes, William M. Macharia, Gladys Leon
Sections:
Clinical Scenarios, The Importance of Clinical Examination, The Nature of Noncompliance, Measuring Noncompliance, Accuracy of Clinical Measures of Compliance, The Bottom Line, References
Topics Discussed:
adherence, medication adherence, nonadherent, noncompliance with treatment, patient compliance
Excerpt:
"A 28-year-old woman presents to the emergency department in acute
distress, with a 3-day history of worsening asthma. Her prescribed
medications include an inhaled 
2 agonist and
an inhaled steroid. When questioned, she breathlessly admits to "occasionally" missing
her medications "maybe only once or twice." ..."
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