Talking about Behaviour Change: Is Guiding more Effective than Directing?
Keywords:
behaviour change
Abstract
Motivating others to change their behaviour is often not straightforward. People tend to react against well-intentioned efforts to persuade them to change. This common approach to the challenge of patient behaviour change is pragmatic, for sure, but probably not good enough.
Published
2008-02-20
Section
Editorials
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