Ripley: He’s being irrational. He probably has lung cancer, but he’s refusing further testing.
Charles: I’m sorry to hear that.
Ripley: If I let him walk out of here AMA, I’m basically handing him a death sentence.
Charles: Unfortunately, refusing further testing isn’t really grounds for questioning someone’s decisional capacity.
Ripley: He’s got a terminal illness and won’t get treatment. Sounds like he’s got a problem with his decisional capacity to me.
Charles: Okay, so this is where I have to ask you, would you be pushing for this if he was just a regular patient?