Relationship Power in Health Care

This book presents new knowledge and skills that empowers providers to become competent facilitators of behavior and life-style change, information transfer, and medical decision making along with their patients. These approaches are supported by a wide variety of research and clinical evidence. They are derived from modern psychotherapy, brain biology, and the latest advances in health coaching and nursing practice. Putting them to work to improve health care seems to make good sense scientifically and ethically. It also includes videos of brief medical interviews along with a thorough analysis of the clinician and patient interaction¿a pathway for clinicians to acquire valuable strategies and skills in both clinician self-care and patient care.