Posted by GeneLady on April 29, 2008, at 21:05:34
In reply to Bad Student Counselor/Psychologist Wanna-be, posted by GeneLady on April 18, 2008, at 23:15:02
I did it - I finally did it. Last night I wrote a note to the real psych overseeing the research project. I told him that I do not want R (counselor/psychologist wanna-be) to call my family member or test him any more. I never really directly said anything bad about her but I did describe the type of characteristics I'm looking for in a facilitator (for lack of a better title). I mentioned other concerns (some of which he has already heard) re my family member. I believe I kept the tone and words polite and I definitely thanked him. I did not try to take my family member out of the project but rather asked for someone else as the contact person/facilitator.
I strongly believe this counselor/psychologist wanna-be really thought she could get away with her behavior. I decided to call her on it by going over her head, politely. I think that in research patient abuse is an especially delicate issues. Of course, in this case it was really the patient's family member who was the one being abused. Guess I'll see what happens. Probably will take a few weeks.
Thanks for everyone's input - I needed the extra perspective.
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