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Cake day: February 16th, 2024

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  • No, but let’s say that same person came in with a report of vomiting blood, suggesting esophageal varacies which are common in alcoholics due to hepatic portal hypertension but their hematocrit is stable. The next course of action would be to perform an upper endoscopy to see if those varacies are treatable before they really pop and the person bleeds out. That procedure would require informed consent, since it’s not emergent even if it is a direct threat to their survival.



  • Actually refers to all forms of legal consent. A contract can be void if the other party is too drunk (to the point of legal incapacity). You also can’t gain informed consent for medical procedures if the other party is too drunk.

    Civil rules about preponderance of evidence and if it’s just a he said she said situation that you were obviously incapacitated usually means that you won’t successfully void a contact because you were drunk though





  • I like shoplifting laws in the common law system because they’re, like all theft laws, based on intent. They need to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you intended to take and deprive them of whatever they’re accusing you of stealing. If someone conceals something in an elaborate or strange way, you can nail them without them leaving the store. If they put it in their hoodie pocket or shopping bag and have a good excuse for doing so (this is all I had, I wanted to carry more), to “hold” it however, and “forgot” to scan it, you need to actually show that it’s a pattern of several times if you want any hope of actually prosecuting them. At least with this policy I guess the stores can ban you even if they can’t legally do anything against you. Don’t take this comment as encouraging the policy though, you can steal whatever you like from corporations as far as I’m concerned.