ABSTRACT

Patients who see multiple doctors for skin conditions probably have one thing in common that explains why their disease is so resistant to treatment; they probably aren't using their medication. However, despite probable high frequency of poor adherence in patients with common, chronic skin diseases, adherence issues have been largely ignored by de

chapter 1|3 pages

Foreword Chapter 1: Introduction

chapter 4|4 pages

Why is adherence behavior so bad?

chapter 7|11 pages

Reducing the burden of treatment

part 8|2 pages

Using side effects to our advantage

chapter 9|3 pages

Improve motivation

part 10|2 pages

Achieving adherence in the most resistant patients

chapter 11|7 pages

Other psychological issues

chapter 12|8 pages

Education and written instructions

chapter 13|3 pages

Assessing patients' adherence

part 14|1 pages

Poor adherence isn't all bad

chapter 15|4 pages

Lessons from Skin Cap'"

chapter 16|6 pages

Scalp psoriasis case study