Carers could resist or only reluctantly accept a procedure when they did not understand or acknowledge that its benefits outweighed any perceived disadvantages or they were opposed to 'unnatural' treatments (see further below).
The Whitman administration admitted that some state police officers were stopping and searching motorists based on race and accepted a police monitoring procedure devised by the United States Justice Department.
American courts, for example, have consistently declined to accept a divorce procedure acceptable under Islamic law, which permits a husband to divorce his wife simply by announcing the divorce three times.
Carers might also feel compelled to accept a technical procedure because of social expectations or potential financial consequences.
(FC22) Health professionals agreed that lack of alternative care options could compel family members to reluctantly accept a technical procedure, and family expectations might impose the care role on a particular individual.
From the health professionals' perspective, carers could also be reluctant to accept a technical procedure because they were fearful of being left to manage alone, or concerned that becoming involved in one task would inevitably lead to more responsibility.
Hence accepting a technical procedure could have spin-off advantages for the carer (eg, making feeding quicker and easier); however, at other times, it meant additional work for the carer (such as managing home peritoneal dialysis) and coping with the downsides of the technology (such as responding to a machine alarm in the night or always needing to have equipment when going out).
However, when she learned that Nacods - despite pleas from the TUC and the NUM - had called off their strike and accepted a "modified" colliery review procedure, she immediately withdrew the government's decision to settle.
This strategy was our standard clinical practice for 10 years (from January 1995 to December 2004) and was accepted as a routine procedure by the Ethics Committee of the Société de Réanimation de Langue Française (Paris, France).
Last December, Goldman Sachs persuaded Restaurant Associates to accept a card check procedure and neutrality after the union held numerous demonstrations at Goldman Sachs and otherwise embarrassed and pressured the investment bank.
