| Patient Adherence to Medical Treatment Regimens: Bridging the Gap Between Behavioral Science and Biomedicine Contributor(s): Christensen, Alan J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300103492 ISBN-13: 9780300103496 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $52.47 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2004 Annotation: The single most important public health problem facing physicians today may be the failure of patients to follow their prescribed treatment regimens, a phenomenon that results in treatment failures, increased morbidity and mortality, and enormous burdens to society and the economy. This book focuses on the many factors that influence adherence behavior and discusses how this behavior can be improved. Drawing on data from social, personality, clinical, and health psychology, a leading authority on the subject examines the psychosocial, demographic, contextual, and provider determinants of patient compliance with physician recommendations and stresses their multiplicative influence. Alan J. Christensen presents several theories to account for this behavior and then offers his own new interactional framework, one that applies broader fundamental theorizing about psychological and behavior change to the problem and thereby sheds new light on efforts to promote adherence. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Applied Psychology - Medical | Preventive Medicine |
| Dewey: 615.5 |
| LCCN: 2004041522 |
| Series: Current Perspectives in Psychology |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.16" W x 9.54" (0.90 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The single most important public health problem facing physicians today may be the failure of patients to follow their prescribed treatment regimens, a phenomenon that results in treatment failures, increased morbidity and mortality, and enormous burdens to society and the economy. This book focuses on the many factors that influence adherence behavior and discusses how this behavior can be improved. |