The decision to forgo antiretroviral therapy in people living with HIV compliance as paternalism or partnership?

Abstract

The results of this study provide some initial evidence that health care providers integrate recommendations for HAART with patients concerns for their own quality of life and make these recommendations within the context of the patients' worldview. In addition, these results suggest that traditional views of compliance, that emphasize obedience to physician prescriptions, may be inadequate in this regard. Rather, these results suggest that a theory of compliance that is based upon collaboration between physician and patient will allow for a consideration of patients' subjective views, their worldview, and their health care beliefs.