Psychosocial profiling: a holistic management tool for non-compliance

:  We introduce a new concept of psychosocial profiling as a tool that provides the transplant team with a psychosocial framework for identification, intervention and management of non‐compliance. This will also increase our understanding of emotional problems experienced by patients before transpla...

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Published in:Clinical transplantation 2005-02, Vol.19 (1), p.38-44
Main Authors: Baines, Lyndsay S, Zawada Jr, Edward T, Jindal, Rahul M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adherence
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
compliance
concordance
Holistic Health
Humans
kidney transplantation
Medical sciences
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
Organ Transplantation - psychology
Patient Care Management - methods
Patient Compliance - psychology
Psychology
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Summary::  We introduce a new concept of psychosocial profiling as a tool that provides the transplant team with a psychosocial framework for identification, intervention and management of non‐compliance. This will also increase our understanding of emotional problems experienced by patients before transplant, as a result of living with the uncertainty and medical side effects of chronic illness. Psychosocial profiling is adaptable throughout the transplant process and gives every patient an opportunity of psychosocial support to help him or her into a position of emotional stability and compliance with their medications and postoperative care. Implementation of this strategy will move health care professionals from being gatekeepers to managers and facilitators of holistic care in recipients of transplants.
ISSN:0902-0063
1399-0012
DOI:10.1111/j.1399-0012.2004.00291.x