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Published on: May 17, 2024
[Antihypertensive treatment: the human factor]
1Direction Qualité et Droits des patients, groupe hospitalier Hôpitaux universitaires Paris-Seine-Saint-Denis, AP-HP, Bobigny, France Laboratoire Éducations et Pratiques de santé, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité-Paris-13, Bobigny, France.
Abstract:
Antihypertensive treatment: the human factor. Two barriers limit the effectiveness of treatment in chronic diseases: non-adherence by patients who do not take prescribed drugs and clinical inertia by physicians who do not follow good practice guidelines. Taking this "human factor" into account reveals the importance of the quality of the doctor-patient relationship. Both need to be considered as persons endowed with complex thought. This explains the advent in medicine of the concept of shared medical decision-making.
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