Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior (Applications of Motivational Interviewin)
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $27.00
Manufacturer: The Guilford Press
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Description
Much of health care today involves helping patients manage conditions whose outcomes can be greatly influenced by lifestyle or behavior change. Written specifically for health care professionals, this concise book presents powerful tools to enhance communication with patients and guide them in making choices to improve their health, from weight loss, exercise, and smoking cessation, to medication adherence and safer sex practices. Engaging dialogues and vignettes bring to life the core skills of motivational interviewing (MI) and show how to incorporate this brief evidence-based approach into any health care setting. Appendices include MI training resources and publications on specific medical conditions.
Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-09
Summary: "The Best"
I use this in my teaching communication skills to medical students and medical residents and find it highly valuable, 5 stars. I promote it as "the best little readable 'how to be a good doctor book' I know of". It teaches not only the practical aspects of cutting edge methodology in facilitating health behavior change, but embedded within it are most of the basic communications skills health clinicians need.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-06-16
Summary: "Excelent reference"
This is a good therapeutic tool for professional who work as therapist in any field.
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-09-14
Summary: "Gift"
This book was a gift for my husband, who loves to study Wellness coaching and Nutrition. He enjoyed this book.
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-08-24
Summary: "Very Good Book"
Very informative book to help guide patients to realize they have the power to change their lifestyle. A great communication tool.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-05-02
Summary: "helping clients w behavioral change"
this book is excellent for anyone who works wit clients that would benefit from lifestyle changes, such as weight loss, quitting smoking, ect.