Although Hippocrates, almost 2500 years ago, recognized the difficulties of patient compliance when he wrote "Keep watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed" 1, the topic continues to produce considerable controversy at present. Dictionaries tend to be slow assuming the evolution of language and incorporating new terms. However, in medicine it is essential the rapid incorporation of new terms or changing the existing ones in order to communicate new ideas, concepts and practices. Compliance, adherence and concordance are a clear example of this fact.
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