Doctor-Patient Relationship in Pharmacological Treatment: Discontinuation and Adherence

Abstract

About the doctor-patient relationship has been written quite generally, but nevertheless, there is a lack of analysis on the theoretical and practical concepts regarding the specificity in the therapeutic approach and the discontinuity and pharmacological adherence. By “discontinuity of pharmacological therapy” is meant the interruption of the therapeutic scheme followed by a patient. Many factors influence the doctor-patient relationship in pharmacological treatment, which on the other hand overlap, but the two main factors are the doctor-patient relationship and the complexity/simplicity of the pharmacological treatment.