Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior

by Christopher C. Butler, William R. Miller, Stephen Rollnick

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593856121
• ISBN13: 9781593856120
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"