HLT-360V QUESTION AND ANSWERS WEII ILLUSTRATED

Define patient compliance and explain its importance in your field Patient compliance can be defined as a patient’s willingness and ability to follow medical advice. Compliance is important to all fields of medicine as it is a direct reflection of the healthcare professional’s ability to communicate with the patient and to create some form of bond which will facilitate a bond and cooperation. The term compliance has largely been replaced by the term adherence which has coincided with a change of approach to patient care, an approach that is more patient-centered, focusing on the needs of patients rather than on the goals of the health professional. In this approach, patients are treated as partners, are fully informed about health-related matters, are more involved in treatment planning and decision making, an