Example sentences of "[prep] patients ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The paper on diary keeping in asthma actually takes anecdote , in its broadest sense of narrative of uncertain significance , as its subject , testing the reliability of patients ' written accounts of their asthmatic symptoms . |
| 2 | There should be opportunities for discussion of patients ' subsequent management on a regular basis with experienced therapists . |
| 3 | One-third of the specialists ‘ knew their patient less than a month ’ , hardly a reassuring foundation for insight into patients ' non-explicit wishes . |
| 4 | The role of psychotropic medication in such cases should be made clear to the patient , particularly where medication is only a means of assisting coping behaviour rather than dealing with patients ' fundamental problems . |
| 5 | However , behaviour therapy was more effective than insight-oriented therapy for patients ' subsequent depression , anxiety , and assertiveness . |
| 6 | With the agreement of patients , the CAB workers will be allowed access to basic information , such as patients ' legal status , doctor , ward and welfare benefits . |
| 7 | The advantage of chemotherapy in previously asymptomatic patients might be questioned in view of the side effects and the initial , though only minor and transient , decrease in patients ' subjective wellbeing . |
| 8 | This illustrates a point discussed later ( p. 181 ) that repeat overdoses often do occur despite apparent improvement in patients ' social circumstances . |
| 9 | The difficulties encountered in treating vasculitic ulcers were referred to by four nurses , and of the ‘ steroid skin ’ by a further two , while two recognised their failure to heal ulcers was due to patients ' unstable diabetes , and one called for a clinical specialist with specific knowledge of leg ulcers to advise on difficult cases . |