Non-Compliance with Chemotherapy in the Oncology Patient with a Good Prognosis. Vol.1.: PhD Dissertation (Volume 1)

This is Volume 1 of 2 of the PhD Thesis of Dr.Ruth Benjamin which goes deeply into the question of why the cancer patient who has a good chance of survival and even cure will choose to opt out of treatment often with fatal results. This first volume goes into the literature of medical non compliance in general and the efforts that have been made to combat it.