BC> I'd certainly take issue with you believing that an implied consent 
BC> of some
BC> sort doesn't exist by the mere fact a person presents to a hospital.  
BC> Every
BC> state in the country has statutes which presume the acutely 
BC> unconscious 
BC> person, absent continous care of a physician beforehand, desires 
BC> diagnosis 
BC> and treatment.  One can operate on those people with good reason, 
    You're talking about _emergency_ care, and on an _unconcscious_ patient.
    That standard doesn't relate to a patient who walks in of his own free 
will, conscious, and who has the legal right to sign himself out even if 
"against medical advice"!
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