Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Blog tries printed version, fails

Did anyone see this story in the NYTimes -- saw it in the print edition yesterday? Trying to find the link, but cannot. About a blog that attempted a print edition, only to fail

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  1. r. prasadJuly 14, 2009 at 9:36 AM

    There's mention of it in "Wired":

    ‘Printed Blog’ Ends Brief Run, Founder Unbowed

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  2. r. prasadJuly 14, 2009 at 10:05 AM

    Hi Laura,

    In class you had mentioned an interviewing method used by nurses, do yo have any recommended reading on the method?

    Thanks!

    Raman

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  3. Laura M.July 14, 2009 at 7:39 PM

    Yes, it's called "Motivational Interviewing in Health Care" by Stephen Rollnick and William Miller. They are psychologists and this technique was developed in the early '90s. For our purposes, it may be too health-care/behavior-change heavy, but makes a few points which may be translatable.

    1. Asking open vs closed-ended questions to allow more room to respond: ie -- "Tell me from the beginning how your pain developed" versus "Where does it hurt?"

    2. If not carefully phrased, why questions may elicit defensiveness: ie -- "Why don't you want to______?", "Why can't you_____?", "Why haven't you____?" Pretty obvious.

    3. Listen actively -- silence inner chatter and agenda (to extent possible, or be aware of own prejudices)

    4. Reflect back -- what you had said in class. "I am hearing you say..."

    5. Summarizing.

    Likely this is all obvious stuff in the news field. Believe it or not, it is just now gaining momentum in medicine, since we have finally realized that telling people what to do doesn't work. Doubt it's anything a non-medical person wants to read, likely there are better books in the field, but I know this one helped me immensely.

    I hope this helps. Let me know!!!

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