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Product DescriptionCounseling is playing an increasingly important role in primary health care. This book is written particularly for members of the primary health care team to help them clarify what counseling is, which of their patients it may help and in what ways, and who can undertake it. It alsocontributes to the debate about how to monitor and evaluate a counseling service and how such a service can best fit into team care. The chapter authors include a client of counseling, doctors, nurses, and counselors in the primary health care team, and specialist counselors from othersettings.Review`Keithley and Marsh provide a comprehensive, well referenced, and authoritative text for all members of the primary care team on the role of the counsellor.'Richard Churchill, University of Nottingham; Simon Cocksedge, University of Manchester, British Medical Journal, Volume 313, 1996`...we all counsel patients and staff, often without realising it. This book will let everyone in the team look at their role.'GPAbout the AuthorJane Keithley, University of Durham.