Motivational Interviewing for Health Care Providers: A Sensible Approach Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781582121802 ISBN-10: 158212180X Copyright: 2013 Edition: 1st Author: Berger, Bruce A., Villaume, William A., Doody's Expert Review    Score: 93 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: Christina Rose,  PharmD  (Temple University School of Pharmacy) Description Written for all healthcare professionals who interact with patients, this book describes in detail the difference between motivational interviewing with counselors/psychologists and healthcare professionals. It describes the potential issues/resistance healthcare professionals may encounter in discussing therapies with patients as well as questions or approaches to take with them. The authors discuss at length ways to develop a positive relationship with patients in order to maintain trust. Multiple scripted scenarios in each chapter give real-world examples of ways to approach patients. Purpose The purpose is to serve as a resource for healthcare professionals on motivational interviewing (MI). It gives practical examples and helpful ways to communicate more effectively with patients to ensure better patient understanding and success with their healthcare. Audience The book is clearly written for healthcare professionals and it can be used by nurses, physicians, pharmacists, physical therapists, etc. The authors are experts in communication and psychology and one is a pharmacy clinician and educator. Features The book discusses the importance of patient-centered care and explains how it differs from the practitioner-centered model, as well as that model's shortcomings. The authors stress the importance of developing a trusting relationship with patients as well as their theories about why patients choose different paths or make different health-related decisions. The book also provides a variety of strategies to approach patients with various reasons for resisting medical treatment. The book contains scenarios with scripted dialogue in each chapter with multiple versions of the same situation approached with a different MI method. The last two chapters are particularly useful, summarizing and helping apply all the concepts in the book to multiple scenarios with a thorough analysis of the conversation. Assessment This can serve as a useful reference and should be reviewed by any healthcare professional whose interactions with patients involve changing patient behavior or patients making decisions related to their healthcare. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 8 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 5 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? N/A 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. N/A 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. N/A 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 5 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book N/A 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 8 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? N/A ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.