Unfortunately I think there has been some confusion over what I was getting
at and for this I apologise. My posting was really intended as an
observation on this dilemma not a siding with one or other camp.
Personally I do not agree with ritual humiliation (hence the understatement
about ethics). In my life I have come across some individuals who have tried
it on with me and it is not pleasant.
The point I was trying to make is that some people are never going to get
the message through education (the correct way of attempting change) no
matter how hard we try because their personalities make them resistant. The
sad fact is that they will "learn" when humiliated but for the WRONG reason.
They may not make that mistake again but it is not because they have truly
learned to label specimens for the patient's benefit but because they don't
want to be humiliated again. The fact that it may appear to work splendidly
in these few people does not make it the right answer nor have they really
learnt anything of value.
Fortunately, these difficult characters are a minority and most people do
get the message by conventional means.
Best wishes
Dave
Dr. David Hardy,
Senior Biochemist,
Department of Clinical Chemistry,
Birmingham Children's Hospital,
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