A model of treatment acceptability is proposed that distributes overall treatment acceptability into three separate categories of influence. The categories are comprised of societal influences, consultant influences, and influences associated with consumers of treatments. Each of these categories are defined and their interrelationships within the proposed model of treatment acceptability are described. The potential benefits of a distributive model of treatment acceptability are discussed.
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