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Addicted to the good life: harm reduction in chronic disease management
Author(s) -
Hayhow Bradleigh D,
Lowe Michael Peter
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00209.x
Subject(s) - harm , harm reduction , chronic disease , medicine , health care , disease , psychology , reduction (mathematics) , nursing , social psychology , family medicine , public health , pathology , political science , geometry , mathematics , law
Individual values sometimes lead patients to make lifestyle choices that have negative effects on their health. Doctors tend to feel responsible for delivering best‐practice health outcomes to such patients, but also feel inclined to respect their patients’ values. The adoption of a harm reduction model may provide a strategy for delivering the best care that is compatible with each patient's chosen lifestyle.