THE PHYSICIAN – A DIALOGUE PARTNER IN THE NUTRITIONAL COUNSELLING
Abstract:
The article offers certain pieces of advice in order to render more efficient the dialogue between the physician and his patient on nutrition issues. In the centre of attention, we find the patient as an individual, the physician’s part being, first of all, to listen to his patient and then to advise him/her. The individual’s diet should be looked within a psychosocial context; it cannot be influenced without the patient’s consent. The nutritional counsellor, in this case the physician, should offer scientific information and avoid manipulating the patient, so that the final decision should be the patient’s.
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