(non″kom-pli´ans) failure or refusal to follow rules, regulations, or advice, such as of a health care provider or facility. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
failure to follow the instructions of one's health care providers, such as not taking medicine as prescribed or not showing up for clinic visits Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21166
Noncompliance: The failure or refusal to comply: the failure or refusal to conform and adapt one's actions to a rule or to necessity. The term 'noncompliance' is used in medicine particularly in regard to a patient not taking a prescribed medication or following a prescribed course of therapy. For example, 'As many as half of 'failures' of treatmen... Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10159
Not in compliance with a designated procedure. Usually in reference to some treatment or data collection procedure Found on http://www.virology.net/ATVGlossary.html