What focuses on the patients' readiness to learn and change, and helps engage patients to motivate them to progress along the stages of the model?

A) Motivation
B) Motivational interviewing
C) Personal opinion
D) Values


B
Explanation: B) Motivational interviewing is defined as patient-centered counseling that helps the patient resolve conflicts and ambivalence. Behavioral changes are aided by encouraging patients to set personal goals as negotiated with the health care provider.

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The British government first established a role in medicine by 1911 with the ____

A) enlistment of GPs in the National Health Service B) passage of national health insurance for workers C) passage of national heath insurance for the poor D) enlistment of GPs and hospital-based specialists in the Emergency Medical Service

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Which information does the assistant need when arranging outside appointments?

A. Previous discharge instructions B. Insurance information C. Referring physician's matrix D. All of these

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