At times, patients may not feel depressed, but rather lack energy to perform everyday activities.

But most patients lack the drive and expertise to penetrate the medical information barriers.

This is especially perilous because most patients lack the sophistication to make complicated medical decisions.

Sometimes his patients lacked the kind of knowledge that would have enabled them to interpret the experience as 'sexual' at all.

Uninsured patients are found in many parts of Nassau but often lack transportation to the hospitals that welcome them.

And some doctors argued that patients lacked the expertise to understand their own charts.

If patients lacked resources to trade with the steward they often went hungry.

If the patient lacks the capacity to make a decision, a court can appoint a guardian.

In some Member States, patients lack easy access to even the most basic information about the pharmaceuticals they are prescribed.

However, this theory does not ring true as many patients lack a report of traction hairstyling.