How would the library know that?! I don't remember the library asking me if I have asthma or diabetes or if I was hard of hearing?! She should have been wearing a medic alert bracelet if she had some serious issue like that.
Sometimes we pay a price to keep our privacy.
Hunh? A policy that could very well result in someone's death, dismemberment or other injury is hardly justified.
Looking back on the Shiavo case, I think we can all agree that letting judges get away with judicial murder through service of process is a bad enough situation without allow librarians to kill off their share.
We have to draw the line somewhere, and I think almost everyone would agree we are all better off if librarians do not act as public executioners.