It is important, however, that patients are sufficiently informed so they can appreciate and understand that a toxic treatment that improves progression-free survival by 1 month does not necessarily equate to an additional month of life.
Overall, only 21% of respondents agreed that they are sufficiently informed about PM and 29% agreed that they are able to interpret the results of genetic tests.
Regarding parents, two principal determinants of potential overprescribing were identified: not being sufficiently informed about the fact that "not all bugs need drugs" [ 25] and the natural history of common RTIs, and the lack of any support in managing a sick child.
The Maryland Court of Appeals overturned a summary judgment issued to the defendants, charging that the parents had not been sufficiently informed of the purpose of the research and that otherwise healthy children were treated as "canaries in the mines" (Nelson 2002).
Still others questioned whether American buyers were sufficiently informed to cross-shop sedans that took different approaches to delivering efficiency and performance.
If we're not sufficiently informed about the positive (yet sometimes boring) realities that make our world better, we're less likely to participate in efforts to reward and reinforce them.
In Noblesville, Ind., after a survey indicated that parents felt sufficiently informed by PowerSchool and subsequent e-mail exchanges with teachers, the middle-school principal canceled parent-teacher conferences this spring and gave the time back to classes.
His most recent work centered on communicating the possible risks, vulnerabilities and impacts of climate change to ensure that leaders were sufficiently informed to apply smart risk management strategies in climate-policy decision-making.
However, less than half stated that they were sufficiently informed about the judicial considerations regarding their confidentiality agreement.
In early February 2010, around 70% of respondents reported that they felt sufficiently informed about the H1N1 influenza virus.
The patients who were willing to participate in the study were sufficiently informed about the study's purpose, that no harm would be caused by study participation, and that their privacy would be protected.
