Anuer woman married to a woman can be the 'pater' of a child she did not father. native american berdaches (a third gender) may assume the role of a wife and share the products of their labor with a man or woman. cross-cultural examples like these illustrate:

Melissa’s mother, rita baker, shows up shortly after the hospital receives melissa’s letter requesting release of her information to her attorney again. rita states that the attorney needs the copies as soon as possible due to a court deadline, refers to it as “an emergency” and asks to be given the copies of melissa’s medical record to take to the attorney’s office. what action should the record clerk take and why?