Improve patient compliance by throwing logic out the window

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Patient non-compliance, now referred to as non-adherence in the medical literature, is a major source of angst among practitioners. Early in my career, it was upsetting to find my patient wasn’t taking the supplements I had recommended or sticking to the stretching/strengthening regimen I carefully put together. Researchers agree that the most common issue is lack of buy-in, followed by—in no order—poor memory or forgetting, access barriers such as transportation or lack of finances, bad…