Problem: The view many patients hold that physicians are "all-knowing" can result in serious communication problems. Many patients do not understand their treatments yet fail to ask their physicians for clearer explanations of a prescribed course of action. Consequently, about half of all patients are unable to report accurately how long they are to continue taking a medication prescribed for them, and about a quarter do not even know the purpose of the drug. In fact, some patients are not even sure as they are about to be rolled into the operating room, why they are having surgery. Which writing pattern is used to organize the supporting details? List sequence definition cause-effect. Need Professional Help?