Potential Provider Viewpoints That Can Become Barriers to the Provision of High-Quality Care (21)
| • Patients who do not live a healthy lifestyle do not care about their health. |
| • Difficulty in successfully following treatment recommendations is solely because of the patient. |
| • Everyone understands what it means to have a chronic illness. |
| • Everyone should and will listen to recommendations from their health care providers. |
| • Not following providers’ instructions means “nonadherence.” |
| • Patients who do not live a healthy lifestyle do not care about their health. |
| • Difficulty in successfully following treatment recommendations is solely because of the patient. |
| • Everyone understands what it means to have a chronic illness. |
| • Everyone should and will listen to recommendations from their health care providers. |
| • Not following providers’ instructions means “nonadherence.” |