Instead, doctors rely on the patient's response to questions, the family's description of behavior problems, and a school assessment.

The report said many doctors and patients relied more on medication than diet to reduce cholesterol.

These rulings would set precedents on which both doctors and patients could rely.

To make an accurate diagnosis, doctors rely on a patient's description of the symptoms.

There is no simple test for Alzheimer's, so the doctor will rely on you to describe the changes in your loved one.

As a result, doctors must rely on clinical symptoms and patient history.

Sometimes, he added, doctors simply rely on records of what patients were able to tolerate before.

The doctors do not even examine the firefighters, but rely solely on paperwork.

Thus doctors rely heavily on history, symptoms and examination in making the diagnosis.

Few doctors in the fleet today could rely on the old tried and true methods.