Hi everybody! I'm wondering if you could help me.
I'm translating the movie "The Open Road" with Jeff Bridges and Justin Timberlake. Justin's mother is in hospital, needs a surgery and, as I get it, refuses to have the operation until her ex-husband comes to see her. What I don't get is his grandad's words:
"They've got her on antibiotics and they have to wait a few days, but she won't agree to sign the surgery waiver. If she falls unconscious, they can do it without her consent. Otherwise we'll need a court order and I don't know if we can get one'.
Why it is a "waiver"? Doesn't "waiver" mean "refusal"? I mean, if she don't agree to sign the surgery waiver then she wants to do the operation. And you would think that the grandad should say "she won't agree to sign the consent for surgery" Or I got it all wrong?
I'm translating the movie "The Open Road" with Jeff Bridges and Justin Timberlake. Justin's mother is in hospital, needs a surgery and, as I get it, refuses to have the operation until her ex-husband comes to see her. What I don't get is his grandad's words:
"They've got her on antibiotics and they have to wait a few days, but she won't agree to sign the surgery waiver. If she falls unconscious, they can do it without her consent. Otherwise we'll need a court order and I don't know if we can get one'.
Why it is a "waiver"? Doesn't "waiver" mean "refusal"? I mean, if she don't agree to sign the surgery waiver then she wants to do the operation. And you would think that the grandad should say "she won't agree to sign the consent for surgery" Or I got it all wrong?