In recent years, patients and even some judges have expressed frustration with the limited nature of the remedies available under the law.

And some of what officials found surprised them: on the whole, patients expressed good feelings about city hospitals.

In fact, some patients expressed dismay at how the drugs were used.

Many patients express a desire to stay in their own homes as long as possible.

Equally important, the patient must never have expressed a desire to be kept alive at any cost.

Attempting to put myself in the patient's place, I then formulate what seems to be the central feeling that the patient is expressing.

Incontinence is common, as patients often can't express their need to go, due to eventual loss of speech.

When asked about them, the patient expressed no concern.

At that point patients will express a desire to get off drugs, he said.

The object at Patton, as in most therapy, is to have the patients express their feelings.