Abstract
THE AIM of the larger study from which this report stems was to identify major social, psychological and physiologic factors that account for variations in patients' compliance with the medical recommendations of their physicians. Fulfillment of this research goal implies two subgoals: investigation of the variations in patient noncompliance, and investigation of factors that may lead to or help explain variations in compliance. The range of factors is almost limitless. Previous reports of this study have focused on the relationship between communication patterns in the doctorpatient relationship and adherence to medical advice.' In this paper the focus is on characteristics of patients. More specifi
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