Am J Psychiatry 1980; 137:353-358
Copyright © 1980 by American Psychiatric Association
Social and cultural perspectives on medication refusal
LR Amarasingham
The author reviews the sociocultural anthropology of medication refusal in
relation to "compliance" and examines the social and cultural meaning of
medication outside and within treatment. She suggests that these aspects of
the medication experience provide the clinician with a deeper and needed
understanding of both compliance and drug refusal.
