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Abstract
Voluntary cooperation of the patient in taking drugs or medicine as prescribed. This includes timing, dosage, and frequency.
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22 entry terms
- Drug Adherence
- Prescription Adherence
- Adherence, Drug
- Adherence, Medication
- Adherence, Prescription
- Prescription Adherences
- Drug Compliance
- Medication Compliance
- Medication Non-Adherence
- Medication Non-Compliance
- Medication Nonadherence
- Medication Noncompliance
- Medication Persistence
- Compliance, Drug
- Compliance, Medication
- Medication Non Adherence
- Medication Non Compliance
- Non-Adherence, Medication
- Non-Compliance, Medication
- Nonadherence, Medication
- Noncompliance, Medication
- Persistence, Medication
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2 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings ethnology, psychology.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse entry term MEDICATION NONADHERENCE with TREATMENT REFUSAL
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History Note
2009
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Previous Indexing
- Patient Compliance (1974-2008)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Medication Adherence. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055118. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055118
- Medication Adherence. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67144513