Trash talking... For many people in many situations their inability to be able to engage in meaningful, productive conversation or to communicate a message clearly is a major barrier to living their best life, maximising their potential and developing healthy and productive relationships.
1. Definition of adherence. In terms of TB control, adherence to treatment may be defined as the extent to which the patient's history of therapeutic drug-taking coincides with the prescribed treatment (7) . Adherence may be measured using either process-oriented or outcome-oriented definitions.
1 First, the doctor-patient relationship must be established. 2  This means that the physician must have agreed to treat the patient, and treatment must be underway. 3  Second, the abandonment must take place when the patient is still in need of medical attention -- this is known as a âcritical stageâ of the treatment process.