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> It means what it means: doing what you're told to do. It is literally medical jargon for "is the patient following the doctor's advice or not." https://www.w
by PhasmaFelis 9y ago
> It means what it means: doing what you're told to do.
It is literally medical jargon for "is the patient following the doctor's advice or not." https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Adherence_(medicine) https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Adherence_(medicine) You said that's "horrifying". Are you honestly saying a doctor shouldn't care if a patient finishes a course of antibiotics, or keeps up with physical therapy that will allow them to walk without pain after an accident, or--in this case--sticks to the pills that stave off paranoid delusions and psychosis?
> For me, physicians are just service providers. Expert consultants. Contractors. It's my decision to take their advice, or not.
No one has said otherwise.
- mirimir 9y ago> Are you honestly saying a doctor shouldn't care if a patient ... in this case--sticks to the pills that stave off paranoid delusions and psychosis? I'm not saying that the doctor shouldn't care. I'm arguing that it's the patient's decision whether or not to take the drugs. Some antipsychotics have serious side effects. Many patients are misdiagnosed. Ideally, patients would tell their doctors that the drugs aren't working for them. But biomedical monitoring is a dystopian SF trope, and it's disconcerting to see it implemented.