Book reviews

[摘要] The new GMS contract rewards recording of clinician interventions in lifestyle risk factors such as smoking. A strategy, care protocol, and educational material is expected to accompany this activity, but if your integrity is at a low ebb you could just get someone else to tell your patients to stop, put the Read code on the computer, and still get your points. However, most professionals will genuinely want to help their patients make the changes that could reverse some of our major public health risks: smoking, alcohol overuse, and eating more calories than we use. We all know the impotence and frustration that we feel when met by a patient's denial or despair at their own (in)ability to do what we both know will be better for their health. So, how to maximise their chances of ultimate success is a key question for clinicians, which these books go a long way to answering.

[学科分类] 卫生学