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
and vignettes bring to life the core skills of MI and show how to incorporate this brief evidence-based approach
into any health care setting. Appendices include MI training resources and publications on specific medical conditions.