Client-Centred Nutrition Counselling: Do We Know What This Means?

Publication: Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
March 2003

Abstract

In Canada, professional standards mandate that dietitians should use a client-centred approach to provide nutrition counselling services. Although most dietitians would probably agree that this is an important standard, how this mandate is translated into our daily practice is not always clear. The purpose of this paper is to explore the origins of the “client-centred approach” used in dietetic counselling. A historical review of selected dietetic literature is used to demonstrate the evolution of this term, the multiple meanings associated with it, the remaining ambiguity in dietetic practice today, and the need for further research.

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Au Canada, les normes professionnelles exigent que les diététistes utilisent une approche centrée sur le client pour fournir des services conseils en nutrition. Bien que la plupart des diététistes trouvent sans doute cette norme importante, la façon dont elle se traduit dans notre pratique quotidienne n’est pas toujours claire. Le but de cet article était d’explorer les origines de l’« approche centrée sur le client » utilisée en consultation diététique. Une revue historique de certains travaux en diététique montre l’évolution de l’expression, les sens multiples qui lui sont associés, l’ambiguïté qui persiste dans la pratique diététique actuelle et le besoin d’autres recherches.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research
Volume 64Number 1March 2003
Pages: 12 - 15

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Version of record online: 12 February 2007

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Debbie L. MacLellan, MSc, RD
Department of Family and Nutritional Sciences, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI
Shawna Berenbaum, PhD, PDt
Division of Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

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