Hypertension: Patient adherence, health beliefs, health behaviour and modification

This paper presents the difficulties inherent in the management of hypertension. As patients are required to manage their hypertension by means of changing their health behaviour their own personal health beliefs come into play. Patients’ health beliefs are dependent on their culture, their understa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: A. Stewart, C. J. Eales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2002-02-01
Series:South African Journal of Physiotherapy
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Online Access:https://sajp.co.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/482