title: Patients with alcohol problems in primary care: understanding their resistance and motivating change.
abstract: How can physicians motivate patients with alcohol problems when they resist advice to change? A framework for understanding patient resistance is described to help physicians use this motivational approach more effectively with patients.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003657:Decision Making; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods*; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*