The term adherence is often used in place of compliance as it is viewed as a nonjudgmental statement of fact rather than of blame of the patient, prescriber, or treatment.
However, Cramer’s recent (2008) review of terminology found no authoritative support for the assumption that adherence is a less derogatory term than compliance or
whether it is preferred by patients [10]. Feinstein (1990) quizzically remarks about the superiority of terms