Compliance with therapeutic regimens in pediatrics: a review of implications for social work practice.

This paper proposes that medical social workers can have an important role in helping pediatric patients and their families comply with therapeutic regimens. The theoretical and empirical literature regarding compliance is reviewed and the Health Belief Model is considered as a useful conceptual framework. Implications of this literature for social work practice and programs are discussed and recommendations are made which link compliance concepts and research to social work practice.