Date of Award
2011
Degree Name
Communication Studies
College
College of Liberal Arts
Type of Degree
M.A.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Cynthia B. Torppa
Second Advisor
Camilla A. Brammer
Third Advisor
Stephen D. Cooper
Abstract
This research examined strategies used by physicians for compliance gaining and patient responses to those strategies. Respondents were surveyed regarding their expectations about strategies physicians would use to gain compliance with requests related to changing lifestyle behaviors and how the respondents anticipated they would respond to physicians. Findings revealed that patients did anticipate specific persuasive strategies from physicians and anticipated responding in specific ways. Most respondents expect expertise strategies from physicians and plan to comply. Expertise strategies, however, were also linked with patients who planned to defy or ignore their physicians’ requests. Findings suggest that future research into why patients who intend to comply do not follow through and what strategies may be more effective on patients who do not anticipate compliance would be valuable.
Subject
Physician and patient - Communication
Subject
Communication in medicine
Recommended Citation
Lambert, Margaret Malinda, "Patient Perspectives of Physicians' Compliance Gaining Strategies" (2011). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 101.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/101
