Internists' ambivalence toward their role in health counseling and promotion: A qualitative study on the internists' beliefs and attitudes.

ABSTRACT: Crucial to its success is that physicians enhance their competence in Lifestyle Medicine and take on their role as Health Advocates in Health Counseling and Promotion (HC&P). However, studies on patients' views of lifestyle counseling in clinical practice demonstrate that many patients neither perceived a need to adopt a healthy lifestyle nor having had any discussion with their physician about their lifestyle. This study is part of a participatory action research project focusing on identifying areas of improvement for health promotion in the practice of internists. Within this project, we interviewed 28 internists from six different subspecialties of an academic medical center in the Netherlands. This study aims to gain insight into how internists understand their role in HC&P by a quali

SUBMITTER: Kromme NMH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9436108 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature