Difficult Patient

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Difficult Patient

A patient who is troublesome, tedious and/or noncompliant with physician instructions

difficult patient

Medtalk A Pt who is troublesome, tedious, or noncompliant with physician instructions. See Abandonment, Ama, Contributory negligence. Cf 'Good' Pt.

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patient Problem Patient			I was astounded by the degree of tolerance and sympathy shown to difficult patients. Well done to NHS staff; You Say by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) All staff are set to get special conflict training to tackle difficult patients in the coming year following the appalling findings. 'Sickening' medic attack figures by Birmingham Mail (England) For example, the way that a difficult patient should be managed during the course of his therapy is not an issue that is regularly handled by the Director of the Department, but it is always thrown under the responsibility of young residents. Managerial work in medical departments: is this medicine? by Christodoulou, Irene / Archives: The International Journal of Medicine			Diets Dieulafoy ulcer DIF difenacoum difenoxin Diff-Quik stain difference differential differential absorption differential blood count differential count differential diagnosis differential force differential growth differential leukocyte count differential stain differential threshold differential ureteralcatheterization test differential white blood cell count differentiate differentiating agent differentiation differentiation therapy Difficult Airway difficult eruption Difficult Patient diffraction diffraction fringes diffraction halo diffusate diffuse diffuse abscess diffuse alveolar damage diffuse angiokeratoma diffuse axonal injury diffuse cataract diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis diffuse emphysema diffuse erythema Diffuse Esophageal Spasm diffuse fibrosing alveolitis diffuse goiter diffuse hypersensitivity pneumonia diffuse hypertrophy-breast diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis diffuse ischemic injury diffuse large B-cell lymphoma diffuse lipoma diffuse lymphoma diffuse mesangial proliferation			differre differs differs differs diffferential ionization chamber Difficile Difficile difficilis Difficilitate difficult difficult difficult difficult Difficult Airway difficult calving difficult calving difficult calving difficult choice Difficult Credit Facilities Settlement Scheme Difficult Doctor-Patient Relationship Questionnaire difficult eruption difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer difficult labor difficult labor difficult labor difficult labor difficult parturition difficult parturition difficult parturition difficult parturition Difficult Patient difficult prehension difficult prehension difficult prehension difficult prehension Difficult Reuse First Difficult Run Jazz Band difficult times difficult to accept difficult to alter difficult to appraise difficult to bear difficult to believe difficult to break difficult to catch difficult to change difficult to classify difficult to comprehend difficult to describe difficult to endure difficult to explain difficult to feel difficult to perceive difficult to please difficult to see difficult to translate difficult to understand difficult urination difficult urination difficult urination

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