The Art and Complexity of Primary Care Clinicians' Preventive Counseling Decisions: Obesity as a Case Study
The Annals of Family MedicinePublished 1 July 2006Open access
Andrew L. Sussman
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Clinician decisions to include obesity and other types of preventive counseling in the brief encounter reflect the art and complexity of management of the encounter and will need to move beyond linear models of behavior change to recognize this complex environment.
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Clinician decisions to include obesity and other types of preventive counseling in the brief encounter reflect the art and complexity of management of the encounter. Future efforts to enhance the delivery of preventive counseling will need to move beyond linear models of behavior change to recognize this complex environment.
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