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Heck Of A Guy visitors (that would be you) may find these recent AlignMap1 posts click-worthy:
The Effect Of The Spouse Of An Autonomous Patient On Adherence
Ignore the pseudo-scholarly title. This post describes an essay that poignantly outlines the intricate task of serving as defacto caregiver to a competent adult with a chronic disorder. While the story focuses on the author’s efforts to deal with her husband’s diabetes, the principles are valid for any close relationship (e.g., a child, an aged parent, a loved one) for any chronic disease. Both the subjective experience and practical solutions are offered.
Noncompliance With HIV Treatment Among Teenaged Sexual Assault Victims
The statistics are stark and scary. Few teenagers who are exposed to HIV as victims of sexual trauma complete the recommended course of preventive treatment.
Judging Competency To Comply With Or Refuse Treatment
A physician describes his experience dealing with a patient refusing a needed cardiac catheterization and the difficulty in the real world of clinical practice of making the judgment of whether a given patient, if obvious signs of psychosis or dementia are lacking, is competent to make the decision to comply with treatment or refuse it. This post includes my commentary offering an alternative perspective on the patient’s competence.
98.6% Medication Compliance
Given that medication compliance averages roughly 50% and often ranges from 30-40%, 98.6% sounds hard to believe doesn’t it?
Well, of course it does — and for good reason. See how this claim is substantiated in a legalistic but potentially misleading sense.
Adherence As An Independent Marker Of Decreased Mortality
The title could be Compliance Is Good For You. The article discussed offers evidence that adherence, even to a placebo, decreases the numbers of deaths caused by disease.
Cool, eh?
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