21.   The panel also said patients were not informed of the experiments.

22.   The role of doctors, he said, is to inform the patient carefully and realistically about his or her options.

23.   The standards require medical institutions to recognize and inform patients about their right to appropriate pain assessment and treatment.

24.   The veterans hospitals, unlike some private hospitals, are required to inform patients of any injuries that result from medical errors.

25.   When offered a heart, an alternative patient is informed of its condition and has the opportunity to wait for another.

26.   With this in mind, hospitals like Scripps have set up classes to inform patients about various alternative therapies.

27.   A plan to rank hospitals in Scotland by their mortality rates is intended to inform patients and promote better quality care in the British free-for-all system.

28.   Also, doctors should more thoroughly inform patients before surgery of the short- and long-term risks of their implant, the panel stressed.

29.   Last month, the agency said the contraceptive is safe and approved a new Wyeth-Ayerst campaign designed to help ensure patients are adequately informed about it.

30.   LONDON -- A plan to rank hospitals in Scotland by their mortality rates is intended to inform patients and promote better quality care in the British free-for-all system.