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A Change Will Do You Good
David Loxterkamp
Background Change is a gradual process that takes place within trusting relationships. The work of Michael Balint, William Miller, and Stephen Rollnick offers a framework for understanding change. By working with patients, primary care physicians can serve as companions and guides to the change process, for both patients and communities, and can learn to understand their own capacity for change.