[Information by the physician].

Abstract

It appears that only one third of all information that a doctor gives, are understood by the patient. It has been observed that among patients discharged from hospital, only 50% follow the medical prescriptions. The physician cannot but consider this alarming fact. In addition, the patient is being made insecure by information from newspapers and other mass media, by pharmacists and friends, as well as by the well-meant campaigns against drug abuse. There is no typical non-compliance patient, yet some influences can be named: 1. Social characteristics of the patient; 2. General attitude toward health by the patient; 3. Attitude of the patient toward his present illness; 4. Attitude of the patient toward the treating physician; 5. Content and form of the medical prescriptions; 6. Type of disease. Information is indispensable for compliance. To reach compliance is an important task of the physician. When the family doctor succeds in making an ally out of the patient, then the problem of noningestion of drugs is greatly reduced.