Physician communication skills essential to an effective preventive care strategy.
Preventive services: Low-tech communications strategies needed to motivate patients. New-age Internet technologies can help, but the key to getting patients to take advantage of preventive services and screenings is physician advice. And the mastery of certain skills and strategies can give that advice much more mileage. Check out these proven approaches to more effective doctor-patient communications, and find out how health systems can complement the process.
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