Diana looked at him, eyes dry and bright; the patient was running a fever.

Sometimes, however, the process appears to result in madness, and some patients run away into the bush.

All other patients run the risk of having their wishes flouted.

"The patients have put on the white coats and are running the asylum," one money manager said.

House says that the patient will run if social services is called.

Advocates of managed competition would force most patients into huge health maintenance organizations run by insurance giants.

In truth, he went on, patients run very low risks; the greater risk is that for the health workers.

From here, the patients clambered out through a window and then ran across the yard to the barricade.

As effective as these treatments may be, however, patients run the risk (especially over time) of experiencing side effects.

The patients run away to find a little breathing room.