title: The art of treating psoriasis: practical suggestions for improved treatment.
abstract: The author provides various perspectives on interacting with a psoriasis patient from both treatment and educational viewpoints. The value of employing monotherapeutic and polytherapeutic approaches is discussed, and written instructions on the course of treatment to ensure patient compliance are advised. Despite busy medical practice schedules, dermatologists and family physicians or their nursing staff are encouraged to keep in contact with a patient by phone two or three weeks following a visit to sustain the physician-patient relationship.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000628:therapy*