title: Enhancing patient compliance with medical regimens: strategies for the general practitioner.
abstract: Making an appropriate diagnosis and writing out the necessary prescription does not guarantee the patient will understand what is required and will follow through with the appropriate health action.
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004349:Drug Packaging; D004989:Ethics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D009042:Motivation; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012648:Self Care