Helping Smokers Make Decisions: The Enhancement of Brief Intervention for General Medical Practice.

Rollnick, Stephen; Butler, Chris C.; Stott, Nigel

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ERIC Number: EJ576845

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Helping Smokers Make Decisions: The Enhancement of Brief Intervention for General Medical Practice.

Rollnick, Stephen; Butler, Chris C.; Stott, Nigel

Patient Education and Counseling, v31 n3 p191-203 Jul 1997

Patient-centered strategies derived from the stages of change model, and motivational interviewing are used to develop a structured, teachable, and acceptable intervention for clinicians to help patients consider their smoking during general medical consultations. The method is described. Results for the model, tested on 270 smokers, are discussed. (Author/EMK)

Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Decision Making, Intervention, Patient Education, Patients, Physician Patient Relationship, Primary Health Care, Smoking, Tobacco

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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