title: Definition of compliance.
abstract: Several definitions of compliance are presented. These are Aspirational Compliance, Standard Compliance. Therapeutic Compliance, Attitudinal Compliance, Habitual Compliance and Therapist Compliance. The importance which the differentiation between these types of compliance holds for research and therapy is discussed.
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D009626:Terminology as Topic