Patients who have a history of failure to follow proper health practices or treatment regimens are referred to as persons experiencing an altered and ineffective:
1. self-image.
2. self-concept.
3. health maintenance.
4. health treatment.
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Some individuals may take no action and wait to see whether the symptoms go away by themselves. Others may deny that something is wrong and refuse to admit that they are ill. Patients who have a history of failure to follow proper health practices or treatment regimens are referred to as nonadherent.
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