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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Compliance in Context: An Exploratory Study of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease From the Interactional Perspective

Abstract

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Approximately half of all chronic medical patients do not adhere to their physicians' advice, a phenomenon that is poorly understood even after hundreds of empirical compliance studies. A qualitative research method offers the potential to identify more productive avenues of investigation. This study employed a combination of participant observation, interviewing, and documents in the form of pulmonary medical records.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Education
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Thomas, Barbara Lyn

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8823267
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69202

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www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Thomas, Barbara Lyn. Compliance in Context: An Exploratory Study of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease From the Interactional Perspective. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/69202