Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior

This indispensable book is the definitive guide to motivational interviewing (MI) for health care practitioners.

When it comes to helping patients manage chronic and acute conditions and make healthier choices in such areas as medication adherence, smoking, diet, and preventive care, good advice alone is not enough. By using MI techniques, doctors, nurses, and other providers can transform conversations about change. The book shows how even the briefest clinical interaction can serve to buil...