Medical Adherence and Aging

by Park, Denise C.

• ISBN13: 9781591477310
• ISBN10: 159147731X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-15
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Examines research on nonadherence using a cognitive, social, and developmental framework. Topics include prospective memory components most at risk for older adults, how older patients learn medical information, judgement processes in older adults' compliance with medical regimens, and more. For psychologists. DNLM: Patient Compliance.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Theoretical Frameworks	p. 1
A Broad View of Medical Adherence: Integrating Cognitive, Social, and Contextual Factors	p. 3
The Role of Goal Setting and Goal Striving in Medical Adherence	p. 23
Prospective Memory Components Most at Risk for Older Adults and Implications for Medication Adherence	p. 49
Patient-Doctor Interactions in an Aging Society: The Opportunities for Behavioral Research	p. 77
Understanding Doctors' Instructions	p. 91
How Older Patients Learn Medical Information	p. 93
Representations of Self and Illness in the Patient-Physician Relationship	p. 123
Trusting Medical Authorities: Effects of Cognitive Aging and Social Vigilance	p. 147
Adherence to Treatment	p. 167
Motivational Models and Volitional Processes in the Promotion of Health Behaviors	p. 169
Judgment and Decision Processes in Older Adults' Compliance With Medical Regimens	p. 201
Technology and Treatment	p. 233
Customized Communication in Patient Education	p. 235
Helping Patients Follow Their Doctor's Instructions: Matching Instructional Media to Task Demands	p. 251
Using Telecommunication Technologies to Deliver Home-Based Care to Seniors	p. 269
Author Index	p. 291
Subject Index	p. 303
About the Editors	p. 311
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