Patients with alcohol problems in primary care: understanding their resistance and motivating change.

Botelho, R J; Skinner, H A; Williams, G C; Wilson, D · Prim Care · 1999

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Abstract

How can physicians motivate patients with alcohol problems when they resist advice to change? A framework for understanding patient resistance is described to help physicians use this motivational approach more effectively with patients.

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