title: Engaging the adolescent patient.
abstract: With their knowledge of local community, families and schools, general practitioners are the ideal providers of primary health care to young people; however, doctors sometimes find it difficult to communicate with adolescents. Adolescents are often anxious and reluctant to visit a doctor. This article outlines possible approaches to the adolescent in the medical consultation that may help start the therapeutic relationship in a positive manner.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sanci
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D000295:Adolescent Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D001315:Australia; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations