Heffernan, Courtney2007-05-082007-05-0820062006http://hdl.handle.net/10012/2811In this paper, a view of non-compliance in practical healthcare is provided that identifies certain non-compliant behaviours as rational. This view of rational non-compliance is used to update a current form of doctor patient relationships with the aim of reducing non-compliance. In addition to reforming one standard doctor patient relationship model, the normative implications of understanding non-compliance as a rational form of human behaviour are described.application/pdf297135 bytesapplication/pdfenCopyright: 2006, Heffernan, Courtney. All rights reserved.PhilosophyDecision-MakingNon-ComplianceRationalityEmotional ConsensusMaster Thesis