Surgeons may ask patients for such a test before serious operations.

Fewer than 43 percent of the physicians reported asking patients about sexual problems, according to the survey.

Medicare claim forms ask patients if they have private health insurance.

He could tell that she probably asked patients about their lives to help them relax.

The lesson here, the researchers concluded, is for doctors to ask patients, not family members, how much they want to know about their disease.

As a psychiatrist, I frequently ask patients what they do for fun.

But hospitals say they generally do not ask patients about their immigration status.

That study was the only one to ask patients if they had noticed changes in their body shape.

He often begins by asking patients how much they want to know and then taking the conversation from there.