Dr. Vince Leone explains why your spouse should attend your doctor's report of findings. When both partners hear the treatment plan together, patients are far more likely to follow through. Leone shares a story of a hesitant patient whose spouse convinced them to commit after hearing the doctor's explanation.
That's why you need the spouse at the ROF. The bottom line is, yeah, spouse at ROF is huge. Having them both in agreement that this is a good plan. I've had some patients over the years where the patient was the one that was hesitant about going forward, but their spouse is sitting there listening to everything that you're explaining and saying. And literally the spouse is like, You've been complaining about this for how long? You're gonna do this program, basically. That's so true.
