Table 4.

Sources of authority for adherence and selective adherence

Source of authority	Frequency of support for adherence	Frequency of support for selective adherence
Physician	11	0
Science (as in ‘they’)	10	0
Belief(if you believe, it will work)	9	0
God	5	0
Family (I can hear my mom saying)	5	1
Popular culture (they say)	2	3
Television (talk shows, 60 Minutes, The Discovery Channel)	2	3
The body	0	2 (my body tells me when I need the medicine)
Friends	1	1
Substances	0	2
Self	0	5 (I know when I should take it)