Decisions about lifestyle play a key role in influencing health. Illnesses such as heart disease result from combinations of factors, making it hard for people to evaluate alternatives (e.g., knowing how much exercise might give similar benefit to eating more fruit and vegetables)...
Keywords: decision aids, patient choice, lifestyle, risk, patient information, leaflets
09/2004 | Communication & Medicine, Walter de GruyterAs a case study, this article describes a nurse's communication activity, focusing on change talk during lifestyle counseling in primary healthcare...
Keywords: type 2 diabetes, lifestyle, counseling, change, nurse, patient
05/2006 | Communication & Medicine, Walter de Gruyter