The Practical Management of the Recalcitrant Tuberculous Patient

Abstract

Prevention of the development of recalcitrance is the logical beginning of practical management of tuberculous patients who fail to follow medical recommendations. Several steps can be taken to assist in lessening the uncooperative behavior of these patients.

What's in a name? Medication terms: what they mean and when to use them

“…Descriptions of patients were less contemptible, but still emotive in the literature of this era. Terms used included “recalcitrant”,9 defined as “not susceptible to control or authority”10 and “faithless”,11 “untrustworthy and unreliable” 12. Again these patients were often held against their will contrasting with middle-class non-adherent patients who were rarely detained 13.…”