Motivational Interviewing in Health Care by Stephen Rollnick offers a practical framework for guiding patient conversations that support sustainable behavior change. Written for clinicians, care coordinators, and digital health professionals, it focuses on collaborative techniques that respect patient autonomy while addressing ambivalence around lifestyle modifications and treatment adherence.
Core features include step-by-step dialogue examples, strategies for evoking patient motivation, and methods to reduce resistance during consultations. Readers gain tools to improve engagement, strengthen therapeutic alliances, and achieve better clinical outcomes across primary care, chronic disease management, and preventive health settings.
Within the eHealth community, the book proves especially relevant for virtual care and remote patient monitoring, where building rapport through screens demands refined communication skills. It helps integrate motivational approaches into telehealth workflows, patient portals, and digital coaching programs, fostering genuine partnership even at a distance.
Consider adding this resource to your professional library to refine how you connect with patients online and in person.
