Physician Counseling

Behavior modification can be improved by physician counseling. Efficacy of physicians helps in bringing the intermediate outcome by change in health behavior and distal outcomes by changing cancer incidence or survival of an individual with cancer. The behavior of physician has greater influence on patient satisfaction and behavioral modification of patient. Role of physician are

• Constant encouragement of the patients to take part in such counseling programs to improve the quality of life
• Discussion with patient should include the psychosocial issues of a patient
• Counseling should be patient centered for better and positive outcome
• Should improve likeliness of an individual to change the behavior

Effectiveness of physician counseling by tobacco usage

The most important role of physician counseling helps in reducing the cancer risk. For which physician or counselors have done number of clinical trials and are found to be success. Their important role is to identify the smoking individual with the help of smoking as a vital sign. They convince the individual to quit by preaching ethical and moral values. Physician counseling also use medications as pharmacotherapy to assist smokers in-order to quit smoking completely without much adverse effects. Cross checking pulmonary function and carbon-di-oxide testing help in reducing the cessation of smoking behavior.

Effectiveness of physician counseling by proper diet intake

Physician counseling helps in providing individual with self explanatory books, inspirational messages on dietary intake. They also provide number of training and counseling on diet. They insist more on increased intake of fiber, fruits, vegetable and saturated fats. However physician has fewer roles in direct control of dietary intake.

Effectiveness of physician counseling by physical activity

Physician counseling help in baseline assessment with the help of nurse or research assistant by validated survey during the time of clinical encounter. Direct role is less to mediate the physical inactivity of an individual.

Effectiveness of physician counseling by alcohol abuse

Evident that physician or counselors reduce the risk of cancer by alcohol consumption is more. They provide training to an individual with all educational support. After which they screen patients with all medical interventions.

Effectiveness of physician counseling by obese

Physician counseling plays less role in reducing the chance of cancer risk and has no direct control over obese. They help in assessing dietary nutrients intake. They suggest balanced diet of calorie intake throughout the life of an individual.

Effectiveness of physician counseling by sun exposure

Physician counseling provide informations on health care and its usage. They suggest the use of sun protection behaviors to reduce the chance of skin cancer.  Random clinical trials of multi intervention program that are community based are organized by physicians.

Questions:

• How physician should organize the counseling?
• What sort of recommendations improves the quality of patient life?
• How physician shall assess, advise or assist patient?