With great power comes great responsibility : exploring identified factors that influence non-compliance behaviour in the South African liver transplant population
Master Thesis
2008
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The non-compliance to a strict medicine regimen is a significant problem in transplant patients across the world, and we suspect also in South Africa. Despite the magnitude of the problem and the potentially life-threatening consequences of non-compliance, no research has focused on the South African liver transplant population. The following influencing factors on non-compliance were selected to be explored further in the South African context: beliefs about medicine; perceptions about one's condition; the effect of transplantation; and family dynamics and finances. The aims of the present study are to explore the possible relationships between patients' beliefs about their illness; beliefs about their medicine; feelings of guilt regarding the donor; feelings of responsibility to the transplant team and donor's family; low attendance records for clinics; family functioning and compliance.
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Brand, D. 2008. With great power comes great responsibility : exploring identified factors that influence non-compliance behaviour in the South African liver transplant population. University of Cape Town.