The patient does not fully understand all the facts about treatment.
The medical information is not given in a way the patient can understand.
This theory was not, however, how my patients understood their symptoms.
"It is one of the few tests patients can understand," he noted.
I used to be able to make my German patients understand me.
If patients do not understand anything about their care, they should ask questions.
Most patients, everyone agreed, eventually understand how to take their medicine.
The child-life staff wants patients to understand what they will hear and see.
Support within a community helps patients understand they are not alone.
It is not, however, something that most dying patients and their families understand, he said.