21.   Supporters of the right to sue say it will make sure HMOs put patients before profits.

22.   The administration said that doctors and hospitals should not have to obtain consent from patients before using or disclosing medical information for the purpose of treatment or reimbursement.

23.   The bill would also require written consent from a patient before the results of a genetic test could be given out to anyone but attending physicians.

24.   The rules would require health care providers to get written permission from patients before disclosing personal health care information.

25.   The rules require doctors and hospitals to obtain consent from patients before disclosing information and strictly limit the amount of information that can be disclosed.

26.   The researchers would modify the technique to destroy only part of the bone marrow of the HIV-infected patient before the transplant.

27.   The surgeon and urologist did this without bothering to talk to his patient before surgery or review her X-rays to remind himself which organ was cancerous.

28.   They audit doctors who test drugs on patients before the Food and Drug Administration rules on licensing the drugs.

29.   This is why dentists routinely prescribe antibiotics to such patients before initiating dental work.

30.   Tribe represented a group of doctors and terminally ill patients before the Supreme Court in January.