Screening on entry to the ICU was by presumptive consent, followed by written consent from the patient or family.
Screening on entry to the emergency department (ED) was by presumptive consent, followed by written consent from the patient or family.
Further, using a staff list, the first author initially approached a number of presumptive participants by e-mail and then two weeks later by telephone.
Sailors (along with women, heirs and farmers, according to the Yale law professor Arthur Leff) were once considered "presumptive sillies" by the law -- sometimes allowed to escape from onerous financial contracts that fully competent adults would be forced to complete.
In spite of his record as a maverick, John McCain has become the presumptive nominee by running a classic Republican campaign, emphasizing strength abroad and limited government at home, with nods to his pro-life record.
The tone of the discourse seems to carry risks for two men who in part became their parties' presumptive nominees by speaking against partisan bickering, said Matthew Dowd, a former strategist for Mr. Bush.
And assuming the party has a presumptive nominee by the time the convention is seated in Denver next year, it will be the nominee — not party officials — who would have the power to resolve a dispute over who is seated.
was the presumptive nominee by early March.
Give people a presumptive out by starting each conversation with a handshake and, "Hi Bill, I'm Susan Dench," especially if you haven't seen them in a while.
Or, will the President waste no time and quickly send a Party unity message by throwing his support Clinton's way now that she has been crowned as the presumptive nominee by the Party's delegates?
