According to your book, what may be the result of a physician chastising a patient for noncompliance?
a. Patients show less willingness to comply, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.
b. Patients show greater compliance.
c. Patients are forced to learn to communicate more clearly with their physicians.
d. Chastising for noncompliance has no impact.
Question 2
According to symbolic interaction, why might patients engage in medical noncompliance?
a. The orders they were given may have been confusing.
b. They may have lacked the time, money, or other resources needed to comply.
c. The negative side effects of the treatment may have outweighed the benefits of the treatment.
d. All of these are reasons for medical noncompliance.
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