Coping is a dynamic process playing a major role in a person's behaviour to respond in the best possible way to his environment. Behaviour and environment mutually influence one another. Non-compliance appears in all therapies prescribing the patient to administer his own medication.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Dutch Asthma Centre Davos in Switzerland is a clinic where patients with chronic nonspecific lung disease (CNSLD) are given multidisciplinary treatment. In a prospective study in the clinic, data on quality of life (functional, psychological and social characteristics) and medical consumption (use of oral corticosteroids and use of health services) were collected in a group of 147 patients with CNSLD. 18 patients were lost due to non-medical reasons.
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