Leslie: I have been doing much the same. However, I have been thinking that the patient may see both 'ways of saying it' if they ever request their chart. i.e. "The patient has been non-compliant and thus far refused to take medication necessary to control BP." .
You know, even though the patient might become enraged, this is probably a really good thing for him/her to see if they have been refusing medication. We see this all the time (as do all pcps). We have one who refuses to see a breast surgeon for the lump. I think I'm going to talk to Alice about dismissing her unless she goes.
