title: [Medication noncompliance: an act against its own existence].
abstract: Stay safe, take no risk to his life, seems to be reasonable goal that everyone should continue. Some patients do not follow the recommendations of the caregivers, even when they are aware that the behavior of non-compliance is bad for them. The causes of this unreasonable conduct can be understood by the concept of weakness of will or akrasia, but also by addressing the beliefs, desires, and emotions of the patient with a chronic condition.
authors.affiliation: laboratoire de toxicologie de médecine légale, hôpital Jean-Verdier, Hôpitaux universitaires Paris-Seine-Saint-Denis, Bondy, France. joel.schlatter@jvr.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Joël
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schlatter
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D055118:Medication Adherence; D026684:Personal Autonomy