This comprehensive anthology on disease management focuses onintegrating health behavior change strategies into diseasemanagement practices. Changing Patient Behavior offers a solid,systematic approach to developing and implementing strategies toinfluence the patient's behavior in the context of health anddisease management programs.
Nationally known disease management authority Richard Pattersonhas assembled a stellar lineup of contirubtions from fifteen majorhealth experts, creating an indispensable guide to making thepatient integral to the management of his or her own health.RichardPatterson is executive vice president, director of development forHealthAnswers, Inc., a business-to-business health management andwellness services company.

RICHARD PATTERSON is executive vice president, director of development for HealthAnswers, Inc., a business-to-business health management and wellness service company. He was the founder and managing director of Hastings Outcomes Management, a health and disease management company located in Pennington, New Jersey.