Patient-physician negotiation
M. A. Benarde and E. W. Mayerson
The low level of patient compliance with physician management regimens is
widely recognized. Although numerous studies either have measured levels of
noncompliance or have attempted to fathom the essential elements of
patient-physician interaction, they do not indicate how complicance may be
increased. Negotiation is a process by which two active and equal
participants negotiate to obtain their respective goals (which are often at
odds). Without appropriate negotiation, which requires the patient's active
participation, the physician cannot hope to motivate the patient. Patients
will continue to be noncompliant as long as they are treated as inferiors
in the process.
