Brief Supported Lifestyle Counseling Modest Interventions Yield Modest Effects

摘要

Despite Hippocrates' advice, few clini-cians or researchers have appreciated the importance of physician counseling in achieving patient treatment goals. Although physicians have amassed a wide array of therapies, poor adherence undermines contemporary medical practice as much today as in Hippocrates' time. Moreover, it has become increasingly difficult for physicians to find the time necessary to counsel patients.1 Limited clinician training and poor systems-based support compound the problem.2 Yet physician counseling has been shown to benefit both individual and public health. The physician-patient relationship remains a potent instrument to improve adherence and promote healthy behaviors