1.   Doctors have a duty to inform patients of the possible negative side-effects of the drug.

2.   Doctors should inform patients about the possible side effects of any drugs they prescribe.

3.   Under the terms of the legislation an abortion clinic was also required to inform a patient about the possible alternatives to abortion.

4.   Physicians were obliged to inform abortion patients about foetal development and the alternatives to terminating the pregnancy.

5.   In the USA, a doctor will not avoid litigation by simply informing the patient of the nature of the treatment in broad terms.

6.   Doctors should be advised, they must inform patients about side effects and dangers.

7.   Along these lines, hospitals have put up larger and clearer signs to inform patients about the programs, she said.

8.   And it would have to inform new patients, at the time of admission, that it did not accept Medicaid payments.