Non-adherence
Expanded biomedical communications
Mutual-participation model
Narrowly biomedical communication
Biopsychosocial communication
Compliance or adherence
Active-passive model
Psychosocial communication
"Healthy adherer" effect
Consumerist communication
Guidance-cooperation model
Medical jargon
Creative non-adherence
Multilevel explanations
Non-discrepant responses
The use of the physician as a consultant who answers questions rather than by asking them
Includes numerous closed-ended medical questions and moderate levels of biomedical and psychosocial exchange between physician and patient
Characterized mainly by biomedical talk, closed-ended medical questions, and very little discussion of psychosocial issues
Communication in which the patient seeks advice from their physician and answers the questions that are asked, but the physician is responsible for determining the diagnosis and treatment
Situation in which patients are unable to participate in their care or to make decisions because of their medical condition
The degree to which patients carry out the behaviours and treatments that physicians and other health professionals recommend
Health care model in which the physician and patient make joint decisions about every aspect of care
Suggests that biological, psychological, and social factors are all involved in any given state of health or illness
Greater adherence to health-promoting behaviours, such as medication adherence, is indicative of overall healthy behaviour
Includes substantial psychosocial exchange between physician and patient
A patient's intentional modifying or supplementing of a recommended treatment regimen
Failure to follow the advice of a health professional
Explanations that use medical jargon followed by further explanation using everyday language
Technical language used by a physician that is sometimes unintelligible to the patient
Physician responds to the patient's questions using the same sophistication of vocabulary that the patient uses
