{"article_index":"R-07-N01","catalog_id":"R-07-N01","claims":[{"article_sections":["I. A difficulty you notice does not yet describe someone else's need"],"attribution":"United Wisdom","id":"B11-R-07-N01-C1","source_ids":[],"text":"Observation does not establish another person’s need; their answer can change the helper’s hypothesis.","type":"editorial_distinction"},{"article_sections":["I. A difficulty you notice does not yet describe someone else's need"],"attribution":"William James","id":"B11-R-07-N01-C2","source_ids":["B11-R-07-N01-S2"],"text":"James considers the limits of judging others’ meanings from outside; it is a philosophical essay, not an experiment.","type":"philosophical_primary"},{"article_sections":["III. Good intentions do not establish a suitable method"],"attribution":"Epictetus / Elizabeth Carter","id":"B11-R-07-N01-C3","source_ids":["B11-R-07-N01-S3"],"text":"§42 considers an action through the actor’s assessment; this does not justify intrusion.","type":"philosophical_primary"},{"article_sections":["V. Privacy remains when we want to gather support"],"attribution":"Matthew 7","id":"B11-R-07-N01-C4","source_ids":["B11-R-07-N01-S4"],"text":"Christian teaching directs the person correcting another to their own position; no confidentiality rule is derived from it.","type":"religious_primary"},{"article_sections":["VIII. Care can be attentive and unfinished"],"attribution":"St John Ambulance","id":"B11-R-07-N01-C5","source_ids":["B11-R-07-N01-S5"],"text":"Immediate danger differs from a calm offer: safety and a local emergency route take priority.","type":"safety_boundary"},{"article_sections":["What this means in practice"],"attribution":"United Wisdom","id":"B11-R-07-N01-C6","source_ids":[],"text":"The voluntary practice distinguishes fact, assumption and offer, without guaranteeing trust.","type":"editorial_practice"},{"article_sections":["I. A difficulty you notice does not yet describe someone else's need","II. Initiative can be an invitation or an accomplished fact"],"attribution":"United Wisdom","id":"B11-R-07-N01-C7","source_ids":[],"text":"In Nina’s fictional scene at 76, help with a screen does not transfer all shopping orders; permission to carry a bag to the lift authorises no home entry or kitchen inspection.","type":"authorial_example"},{"article_sections":["VI. A refusal marks the limit of an offer, not necessarily of a relationship"],"attribution":"United Wisdom","id":"B11-R-07-N01-C8","source_ids":[],"text":"Accessible answering differs from persuasion and a household test; a pause is no consent and a clear refusal is not declared a symptom.","type":"authorial_distinction"}],"description":"How to notice a need, offer help without prior obligations and repair an intrusion already made.","entities":["Louisa May Alcott","Christie — fictional character","William James","Epictetus","Elizabeth Carter","Matthew 7","St John Ambulance","United Wisdom"],"headline":"Unasked-for help: offering it and accepting a refusal","inherited_verification":null,"language":"en","master_filename":"ARTICLE_EN.md","master_revision":2,"master_sha256":"45383a066dd824a458354681dc13b5b02a39d87328f20df6e28cb5cb3b5763c6","questions":[{"a":"A limited action can be offered before a request without creating obligations before the answer.","article_sections":["II. Initiative can be an invitation or an accomplished fact"],"q":"Must care wait for a request?","source_ids":[]},{"a":"One refusal concerns a particular offer and does not establish the entire relationship.","article_sections":["VI. A refusal marks the limit of an offer, not necessarily of a relationship"],"q":"Does a refusal prove that no relationship is wanted?","source_ids":[]},{"a":"There is no general instruction to wait in immediate danger. A safe local emergency route is needed, rather than an algorithm from this article.","article_sections":["VIII. Care can be attentive and unfinished"],"q":"Should one always wait for an answer?","source_ids":["B11-R-07-N01-S5"]},{"a":"No. In the calm household scene, agreement concerns a named action and limit. A further step needs its own discussion; urgency and questions of capacity are outside the example.","article_sections":["II. Initiative can be an invitation or an accomplished fact"],"q":"Does agreement to carry a bag authorise taking over the remaining tasks?","source_ids":[]}],"retrieval_limits":["Ordinary adult situations are distinguished from immediate danger.","No capacity determination, medical algorithm or general legal rule.","The British source does not transfer emergency telephone numbers to other countries.","Alcott’s fictional dialogue is not represented as authorial views or modern treatment.","James is used only in paraphrase, without new direct quotations.","Intentions and consequences are distinguished without diagnosing a hidden motive.","Refusal, repair and voluntary practice guarantee neither trust nor reconciliation.","UNKNOWN is not a licence; raw primary sources were not imported.","Ageing scenes start from participation in choice; age, a pause and refusal are not used as household capacity determinations."],"revision":2,"route_id":"AGE-012","schema_version":"uw.editorial_geo.v1","short_answer":"Care can begin before a request: notice a fact, distinguish the assumption, offer a limited action and leave the answer to the person. Immediate danger requires a separate safe route under local procedures. Age and needing small print read do not authorise taking over every decision; fictional Nina at 76 retains participation in the choice.","sources":[{"author":"Louisa May Alcott","current_check_date":"2026-10-19","current_check_scope":"Selected original character speech at165 and selected XVII surrounding3359–3363/3401–3411 read; exact seven-word epigraph and six-word key checked. No new whole novel/chapter reading.","edition":"Boston 1901, verified title page; Gutenberg #4770","historical_read_scope":"Title and edition header; selected fictional dialogue about trying for oneself and selected nursing scene around an explicit question. Not the whole novel.","id":"B11-R-07-N01-S1","limitations":"Fictional character speech, not authorial doctrine, empirical research or modern medical instructions. Historical treatment and paternalist language are not adopted.","locator":"Chapter I, selected dialogue L101–119 and L123–168; Chapter XVII, selected L3316–3330 and L3365–3417","read_scope":"Title and edition header; selected fictional dialogue about trying for oneself and selected nursing scene around an explicit question. Not the whole novel.","rights_status":"UNKNOWN","title":"Work: A Story of Experience","url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4770/4770-h/4770-h.htm"},{"author":"William James","current_check_date":"2026-10-19","current_check_scope":"Unchanged bounded interpretation reuses exact pinned parent source record; no new full-source reading claimed.","edition":"Henry Holt 1925; copyright 1899/1900, verified header","historical_read_scope":"Title/edition header, selected opening and ending of Essay II and opening of Essay III. No full-book or full-essay reading claim.","id":"B11-R-07-N01-S2","limitations":"Paraphrase only: this underlying work already has historical quotation use. Philosophical illustrations are not experiments; historical colonial and racial language is not adopted.","locator":"Essay II, On a Certain Blindness, selected L943–954 and L1124–1144; Essay III opening L1147–1152","read_scope":"Title/edition header, selected opening and ending of Essay II and opening of Essay III. No full-book or full-essay reading claim.","rights_status":"UNKNOWN","title":"Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life’s Ideals","url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/files/16287/16287-h/16287-h.htm"},{"author":"Epictetus; translator Elizabeth Carter","current_check_date":"2026-10-19","current_check_scope":"Unchanged bounded interpretation reuses exact pinned parent source record; no new full-source reading claimed.","edition":"Elizabeth Carter translation, Internet Classics Archive; print basis not established","historical_read_scope":"Translator header and complete selected §42, with adjacent paragraph context.","id":"B11-R-07-N01-S3","limitations":"Stoic moral response, not permission to intrude, a duty to tolerate abuse or an empirical theory of intentions.","locator":"§42, web L122–123; adjacent §§41–44 L121–125","read_scope":"Translator header and complete selected §42, with adjacent paragraph context.","rights_status":"UNKNOWN","title":"Enchiridion, §42","url":"https://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html"},{"author":"Gospel of Matthew; Updated World English Bible translators","current_check_date":"2026-10-19","current_check_scope":"Unchanged bounded interpretation reuses exact pinned parent source record; no new full-source reading claimed.","edition":"Updated World English Bible, eBible.org","historical_read_scope":"Entire displayed chapter page read; use restricted to selected verses and immediate context.","id":"B11-R-07-N01-S4","limitations":"Christian moral teaching, not a confidentiality rule or clinical instruction.","locator":"Verses 1–5, web L6–7; rights footer L27–29","read_scope":"Entire displayed chapter page read; use restricted to selected verses and immediate context.","rights_status":"PUBLIC_DOMAIN_DECLARED_BY_PUBLISHER","title":"Matthew 7:1–5","url":"https://ebible.org/engwebp/MAT07.htm"},{"author":"St John Ambulance","current_check_date":"2026-10-19","current_check_scope":"Current selected Emergency advice/What to do124–156 read, including clinical review date126, helper safety141, clear communication145 and serious life-threatening priority151. No numbers transferred globally or capacity instruction.","edition":"Clinically reviewed by Dr Lynn Thomas on 28 April 2025; current page checked 6 October 2026","historical_read_scope":"Complete selected emergency-advice section and current overview’s unresponsive-person/normal-breathing warning. NHS first-aid URL redirected to St John Ambulance; actual destination used.","id":"B11-R-07-N01-S5","limitations":"British jurisdiction. Source phone numbers are not reproduced as global numbers. Supports safety and emergency-priority limit only; article does not give CPR instructions or capacity/legal decisions.","locator":"Emergency advice / What to do, web L124–156; overview https://www.sja.org.uk/first-aid-advice/ L124–140","read_scope":"Complete selected emergency-advice section and current overview’s unresponsive-person/normal-breathing warning. NHS first-aid URL redirected to St John Ambulance; actual destination used.","rights_status":"UNKNOWN","title":"How to handle difficult first aid situations","url":"https://www.sja.org.uk/first-aid-advice/emergency-situations/"}],"verification":{"author_correspondence":"PASS","independent_review":"NOT_RUN","production_acceptance":"NOT_RUN","production_machine_publisher_compatibility":"NOT_RUN"}}