Working with groups in patient education.
Group processes are an effective means of helping individuals change their behavior. Of six types of group events, three have particular relevance in the health-care setting: individually oriented change groups, group-process oriented change groups, and focused-criterion groups. The role health professionals can play in designing and implementing group discussion methods is presented.
D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D014481:United States