2010 notice regarding my bambuser livestream of OHSU primate torturers at PSU biomedical ethics class

 Dear Colleagues,

Immediately below I reiterate our BIOMEDICAL ETHICS (PHL. 481/581) CLASS PRIVACY POLICY. This notice applies to 

all students in this class. Please take particular notice of the addition of  item #1 which forbids recording with any sort of device 

(tape, laptop, cell phone etc. ).

BIOMEDICAL ETHICS (PHL. 481/581) CLASS PRIVACY POLICY

1). All RECORDING DEVISES ARE FORBIDDEN. TO OBTAIN THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF A

CONVERSATION BY MEANS OF ANY DEVICE, CONTRIVANCE, MACHINE OR APPARATUS WHETHER

ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL, MANUAL, OR OTHERWISE IS FORBIDDEN.

2).  I have mentioned to you previously (DURING OUR FIRST CLASS MEETING AND BY EMAIL)

that the whole point of our Biomedical Ethics course (PHL. 481/581) is to provide each 

of you with a safe place in which you may freely and critically examine,

explore and reflect upon your own ideas relevant to the variety of topics

and cases which we address throughout our fall term Monday evening

meetings.

3). In order to maintain a 'safe place' in our classroom for each of us -- being 

mindful of the principle of  'respect for persons'-- we will hold our conversations as 

confidential in precisely the same way which we do when we work with other

bioethicists, clinicians, patients, family members when we conduct an 

'Ethics Consult Service'  where we address issues relevant to patients in clinical practice 

or in the hospital. The 'principle' of respecting confidentiality is an essential

part of the practice of medicine.

4). Furthermore, we owe respect to our guest speakers. The clinicians, researchers, lawyers and 

professors who so generously take time from their busy schedules to visit our class and share 

their expertise with you well understand the importance of the work to which you aspire. 

Our guests trust that their conversations with you and with each other will remain private and 

confidential.

-- 

Patricia Backlar, Research Associate Professor of Bioethics 

Department of Philosophy Portland State University 

POB 751 Portland OR 97207 

503/725 -3499 (voice) 503/725-3693 (fax) 503/703-4405 (cell) 

backlarp@pdx.edu (email)

http://www.pdx.edu/philosophy/patricia-backlar 

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