backlar writes about keeping the testimony of the primate experimenters secret and confidential.
what if it against my ethics?
what if i have ethics?
maybe that puts me at a disadvantage to take biomedical ethics at PSU.
backlar writes:
"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.
Furthermore, we owe respect to our guest speakers. The clinicians,
researchers, 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.
As our guests trust that their conversations with you and with each other will remain private and
confidential."
Wednesday 20 October 2010
Thursday 14 October 2010
Tuesday 12 October 2010
international comparative bioethics
Since 2003, experimentation on great apes (chimpanzees, pygmy chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) and nine species of Gibbons have been banned in Sweden, but it is still permitted to use other primates for animal testing.
In Sweden, primates are used for vivisection experiments at the Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI) in Solna. The primates used are macaques that are imported from breeding facilities in China and Israel. Even though it is illegal to purchase primates caught in the wild, SMI has been found to have purchased wild apes on several occasions.
from
http://www.stoppaprimatforsoken.nu/in-english
regarding
swedish standards
SMIs experimentation on primates is very controversial. In the year 2000, Aftonbladet (the biggest evening newspaper in Sweden) carried the following headlines: “SMI banned from keeping primates” and “the animal cruelty has ended”. The background to this press attention was that SMI, since 1994, has not been abiding by rules and regulations stipulated in the Animal Cruelty Act. Furthermore, SMI had lied to the Department of Agriculture in regards to the size of the cages that housed the primates. The Department of Agriculture even went so far as to “question SMI:s competency in conducting any type of animal testing whatsoever”.
The greater majority of apes at SMI live in two meter high cages, about as small as three normal-sized closets. They are housed in pairs or in a group. A small number of individuals also have the possibility of getting some fresh air by being temporarily placed in an outdoor cage, but this cage is only available to primates being used for certain experiments.
One demand made by the Department of Agriculture, which would allow SMI to keep its permits to experiment on animals, was the daily training of primates for “cooperation” in the taking of test samples. To better facilitate the capture of the primates for anesthesia and test sampling, the primates are trained to “cooperate” using so-called “clickers” (the purpose is to train the primate to volunteer their own arm to be pricked with a needle in exchange for a reward). But SMI continues to capture primates with the help of a movable wall at the back of each cage that presses the primate up against the cage bars, restricting their movements.
SMI admits to not abiding by the demands of the Department of Agriculture.
EUPRIM-Net is a network of 8 European animal testing facilities that use primates and SMI is one of those facilities. The idea is that together, the 8 build a virtual primate center for the experimentation and breeding of primates.
for a comprehensive list of international primate testing sites and more about primate sourcing the the UC system and the AETA scroll down here:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/06/19/18651256.php
animal welfare act violations, national primate liberation week, chattel
WHAT IS WRONG WITH OHSU?: SCREENING OF “CHATTEL”
SATURDAY OCTOBER 16TH, 7:00P
5TH AVE. CINEMA, 510 SW Hall St
“Chattel” is a documentary film about the animal research industry and the movements to abolish it.
The film will be followed by a discussion, facilitated by the Animal Defense League, on the current state of OHSU and the campaigns to stop its primate testing program.
Sponsored by the Student Animal Liberation Coalition- salcpsu@gmail.com
This event will be in conjunction with Animal Defense League's week of action against the Oregon National Primate Research Center, part of National Primate Liberation Week.
Over 70,000 primates (rhesus monkeys, baboons, squirrel monkeys, chimpanzees, etc.) are experimented on every year in the United States. Many thousands of primates are also imprisoned in labs for breeding and conditioning. Recent USDA statistics reveal that over 124,000 primates are held captive in U.S. laboratories.
Many of these primates experience horrible conditions. Recent government documentation has revealed primates dying of dehydration, starvation, hypothermia, heat stress, being boiled alive in cage washers, wasting diseases, hepatitis, encephalitis, and many other severe illnesses.
National Primate Liberation Week will take place October 16th – October 24th. Please help fight for the chimpanzees, rhesus monkeys, spider monkeys, marmosets, lemurs, squirrel monkeys, owl monkeys, and all the other innocent primates confined in laboratories. Help us end their abuse!
In Portland, we will be targeting OHSU's National Primate Research Center, which houses over 4,200 primates and has been fined for numerous USDA violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 16TH, 7:00P
5TH AVE. CINEMA, 510 SW Hall St
“Chattel” is a documentary film about the animal research industry and the movements to abolish it.
The film will be followed by a discussion, facilitated by the Animal Defense League, on the current state of OHSU and the campaigns to stop its primate testing program.
Sponsored by the Student Animal Liberation Coalition- salcpsu@gmail.com
This event will be in conjunction with Animal Defense League's week of action against the Oregon National Primate Research Center, part of National Primate Liberation Week.
Over 70,000 primates (rhesus monkeys, baboons, squirrel monkeys, chimpanzees, etc.) are experimented on every year in the United States. Many thousands of primates are also imprisoned in labs for breeding and conditioning. Recent USDA statistics reveal that over 124,000 primates are held captive in U.S. laboratories.
Many of these primates experience horrible conditions. Recent government documentation has revealed primates dying of dehydration, starvation, hypothermia, heat stress, being boiled alive in cage washers, wasting diseases, hepatitis, encephalitis, and many other severe illnesses.
National Primate Liberation Week will take place October 16th – October 24th. Please help fight for the chimpanzees, rhesus monkeys, spider monkeys, marmosets, lemurs, squirrel monkeys, owl monkeys, and all the other innocent primates confined in laboratories. Help us end their abuse!
In Portland, we will be targeting OHSU's National Primate Research Center, which houses over 4,200 primates and has been fined for numerous USDA violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
sleepless due to concerns regarding ohsu
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Eliot_Spindel
4000 macaques now according to our guests the grey suited one
http://www.tobacco.org/news/121152.html
when i asked the grey-sited primate researcher about the nicotine experiments he at fist acted like he knew nothing of it.
i then said blandly, oh i read about it on the internet about four years ago. then he assented as if well yes it were true. or maybe he wasn't there. maybe it wasn't his particular interest.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oregon_National_Primate_Research_Center
depression selfmutilation unaesthetisized ejaculation by electrical shock by the techs
a method discovered through human torture
the video taken by ohsu employee matt rossell
watch the footage of a sick baby macaque at OHSU
in judy cameron's behavior studies
from ALF's website
4000 macaques now according to our guests the grey suited one
http://www.tobacco.org/news/121152.html
when i asked the grey-sited primate researcher about the nicotine experiments he at fist acted like he knew nothing of it.
i then said blandly, oh i read about it on the internet about four years ago. then he assented as if well yes it were true. or maybe he wasn't there. maybe it wasn't his particular interest.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oregon_National_Primate_Research_Center
depression selfmutilation unaesthetisized ejaculation by electrical shock by the techs
a method discovered through human torture
the video taken by ohsu employee matt rossell
watch the footage of a sick baby macaque at OHSU
in judy cameron's behavior studies
from ALF's website
Nova Will Stop Doing Business With Primate ProductsBy Michael J. MooneyTue, Sep. 14 2010 Broward/Palm Beach New Times Nova Southeastern University in Davie will no longer do business with Primate Products, the controversial animal research facility in Doral, according to the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida . After the release of several disturbing photos depicting monkeys with serious injuries, local activists approached university officials about Nova's relationship with Primate Products. An administrator admitted the school has purchased monkeys from the facility for a research project funded by the National Institute of Health, says Don Anthony, ARFF spokesperson. "They informed us that they will not be working with that facility in the future," Anthony says. Calls to Nova were not immediately returned. "They've chosen not to be associated with the disturbing, bloody photos," Anthony says. "We're glad they came to this decision. There's no reason any research should be using live animals." Last week, the USDA announced it will conduct a special investigation of Primate Products. Anthony dismisses claims that animal research provides important scientific knowledge and leads to better medicines. Animal rights advocates say 90 percent of universities in America no longer use live animals . "That includes Yale and Harvard," Anthony says. "If this type of research was so vital, like some people claim, everyone would be doing it. But they're not." Local activists say they will continue protesting Primate Products -- and the home of President Donald Bradford -- until the facility closes down. |
Monday 11 October 2010
for dorthea dix and antonin artaud
civil commitment process
police
hearing
dramatic decline
two people can go down to courthouse and begin the process of community investigation
county mental health
low level
standard of proof
probable cause
of mental illness
for civil court
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_commitment
if they believe that a person needs to be committed
they can be held in ERs for days
there are not enough beds
then they are transported in police cars far away---
we have knowledge increase
and decline of services
what irony
i ask if a family might try to frivolously incarcerate other family members
for personal distaste or purposes of a will (or other humiliations)
is there room for that in the law? (by which i mean the oregon local law)
he says there is
there is
very little frivolous commitment
backlar shook her head at me. i do not know for sure what it meant.
lots of protections for civil liberties
so says bloom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Dix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Artaud
and the thorazine blues
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorpromazine
and chief bromden
there will be a new state mental hospital in the future
police
hearing
dramatic decline
two people can go down to courthouse and begin the process of community investigation
county mental health
low level
standard of proof
probable cause
of mental illness
for civil court
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involuntary_commitment
if they believe that a person needs to be committed
they can be held in ERs for days
there are not enough beds
then they are transported in police cars far away---
we have knowledge increase
and decline of services
what irony
i ask if a family might try to frivolously incarcerate other family members
for personal distaste or purposes of a will (or other humiliations)
is there room for that in the law? (by which i mean the oregon local law)
he says there is
there is
very little frivolous commitment
backlar shook her head at me. i do not know for sure what it meant.
lots of protections for civil liberties
so says bloom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Dix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin_Artaud
and the thorazine blues
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorpromazine
and chief bromden
there will be a new state mental hospital in the future
bloom psychiatrist forensic
attorney client privilege
defense attorney there
tell them
plenty of people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insanity_defense
NGRI
how has columbine affected the evaluation process
MRIs, some brain disfunction on the tests
do not want to see inconsistency in the experts
psychologists
psychiatrists
virginia tech----violent video games---
why does PSU have violent video games
he played music
opera all night before the murders
kip kinkel
fascination with violent things
he tried to stab a kid
he could act normal and hide systems
his father did not believe in mental health
the stigma is strong
he stole the CD's
in bend---he and another kid were throwing snowballs at cars
the gun at school
anti-social behavior
the prosecution blew up this . . .
commitment standard
http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/45/5/466
bloomj
ohsu
http://www.jaapl.org/cgi/content/abstract/34/4/534
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/144/7/847
http://www.jaapl.org/cgi/content/full/35/1/32
defense attorney there
tell them
plenty of people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insanity_defense
NGRI
how has columbine affected the evaluation process
MRIs, some brain disfunction on the tests
do not want to see inconsistency in the experts
psychologists
psychiatrists
virginia tech----violent video games---
why does PSU have violent video games
he played music
opera all night before the murders
kip kinkel
fascination with violent things
he tried to stab a kid
he could act normal and hide systems
his father did not believe in mental health
the stigma is strong
he stole the CD's
in bend---he and another kid were throwing snowballs at cars
the gun at school
anti-social behavior
the prosecution blew up this . . .
commitment standard
http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/45/5/466
bloomj
ohsu
http://www.jaapl.org/cgi/content/abstract/34/4/534
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/144/7/847
http://www.jaapl.org/cgi/content/full/35/1/32
homocysteine and "schizophrenia"
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16143442
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_283/ai_n18744429/
http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v11/n2/abs/4001746a.html
homocysteine pathways regarding
homocysteine hallucinogenic in effect---a toxic break down product which cannot be broken down without adequate b viatamins
and which has hallucinatory effects
http://www.bio.net/mm/toxicol/2004-November/003513.html
an old term
bloom agrees when i ask it that
schizophrenia will be outmoded as a term
and there will be a more adequate series of terms specific to the process
b vitamin therapies
that will eventually be broken down into othe
stress model
propensity as well as stress factors
abstract from:
http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v11/n2/abs/4001746a.html
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_283/ai_n18744429/
http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v11/n2/abs/4001746a.html
homocysteine pathways regarding
homocysteine hallucinogenic in effect---a toxic break down product which cannot be broken down without adequate b viatamins
and which has hallucinatory effects
http://www.bio.net/mm/toxicol/2004-November/003513.html
an old term
bloom agrees when i ask it that
schizophrenia will be outmoded as a term
and there will be a more adequate series of terms specific to the process
b vitamin therapies
that will eventually be broken down into othe
stress model
propensity as well as stress factors
abstract from:
http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v11/n2/abs/4001746a.html
Elevated plasma homocysteine concentration has been suggested as a risk factor for schizophrenia, but the results of epidemiological studies have been inconsistent. The most extensively studied genetic variant in the homocysteine metabolism is the 677C>T polymorphism in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene, resulting in reduced enzyme activity and, subsequently, in elevated homocysteine. A meta-analysis of eight retrospective studies (812 cases and 2113 control subjects) was carried out to examine the association between homocysteine and schizophrenia. In addition, a meta-analysis of 10 studies (2265 cases and 2721 control subjects) on the homozygous (TT) genotype of the MTHFR 677C>T polymorphism was carried out to assess if this association is causal. A 5 
mol/l higher homocysteine level was associated with a 70% (95% confidence interval, CI: 27–129) higher risk of schizophrenia. The TT genotype was associated with a 36% (95% CI: 7–72) higher risk of schizophrenia compared to the CC genotype. The performed meta-analyses showed no evidence of publication bias or excessive influence attributable to any given study. In conclusion, our study provides evidence for an association of homocysteine with schizophrenia. The elevated risk of schizophrenia associated with the homozygous genotype of the MTHFR 677C>T polymorphism provides support for causality between a disturbed homocysteine metabolism and risk of schizophrenia.
mol/l higher homocysteine level was associated with a 70% (95% confidence interval, CI: 27–129) higher risk of schizophrenia. The TT genotype was associated with a 36% (95% CI: 7–72) higher risk of schizophrenia compared to the CC genotype. The performed meta-analyses showed no evidence of publication bias or excessive influence attributable to any given study. In conclusion, our study provides evidence for an association of homocysteine with schizophrenia. The elevated risk of schizophrenia associated with the homozygous genotype of the MTHFR 677C>T polymorphism provides support for causality between a disturbed homocysteine metabolism and risk of schizophrenia.more
Abstract
Homocysteine is a sulfur containing amino acid that has been widely investigated for its putative role in cardiovascular and neuropsychiatric disorders. It has been suggested that homocysteine has implications especially in young, male schizophreniapatients. In this prospective case-control study, we compared plasma homocysteine levels in a group of adolescent schizophreniainpatients (aged 14–21 years; n = 23) to normal healthy controls (n = 51). Mean plasma homocysteine levels were significantly higher in the patient group than in the control group (15.40 ± 2.00 and 9.78 ± 0.33 μmol/L, respectively, p < 0.032). The difference was almost entirely attributable to the male schizophrenia subgroup (18.18 ± 5.65 in male patients vs. 10.31 ± 5.33 μmol/L in female patients). The group × sex interaction was statistically significant (p = 0.0035). These data indicate that a subgroup of male adolescent schizophrenia patients has high homocysteine blood levels. The role of homocysteine in the pathophysiology of adolescent-onset schizophrenia merits further investigation.
joseph bloom from OHSU psychiatry
head of community psychiatry
in oregon
transcultural focus
indian native eskimo involvement with the law
more mentally ill people getting in jail services.
http://www.g4s.us/en-US/
today we have the lowest number of beds in the oregon psych system in 75 or 100 years
large numbers in the prison systems
1955---several hundred thousand people in state facilities---oregon OMG!!!!!!
bill sacks
professor emeritus
child psychiatry
back to bloom
first wave
psychotropic medications
1966
he finished his residency
the laws changed in the seventies
it became hard to civilly commit
current dates to 1873
1862
wave: decrease going in people
increase community services and they did not keep up with deinstitutionalization.
bleak care
two state
650 beds
oregon state salem and portland
eastern oregon state hospital
50 beds
mostly filled with court orde
incompetant to stand trial
sent to the hospital for the restoration of competancy
not guilty
by reason
70 geriatic
100 civilly committed
no voluntary payments in state hospital
state can run involuntary care
decrease in general hospital beds
more cash with non-mental care issues
very little care
pushes
by nature of the system
towards police and criminal justice
james otis (i mary eng met his family)
personality change in his personality change
more time by himself
depressed
did not seek resources
mother
inquiries how to involuntarily commit him
investigates civil commitment statute
he had a gun
traffic stop
he was killed by the police
the courts
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/06/post_20.html
http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/05/21/enough-is-enough-parents-of-aaron-campbell-and-keaton-otis-speak-near-tears
Former Director of Oregon Action Joanne Bowman graphically described Otis's death. "They shot him over 30 times and when they were done shooting him, they shot him with the beanbag and the taser and then they left his body in the street, uncovered, for six hours," said Bowman.
dr sack, guest speaker number two
in oregon
transcultural focus
indian native eskimo involvement with the law
more mentally ill people getting in jail services.
http://www.g4s.us/en-US/
today we have the lowest number of beds in the oregon psych system in 75 or 100 years
large numbers in the prison systems
1955---several hundred thousand people in state facilities---oregon OMG!!!!!!
bill sacks
professor emeritus
child psychiatry
back to bloom
first wave
psychotropic medications
1966
he finished his residency
the laws changed in the seventies
it became hard to civilly commit
current dates to 1873
1862
wave: decrease going in people
increase community services and they did not keep up with deinstitutionalization.
bleak care
two state
650 beds
oregon state salem and portland
eastern oregon state hospital
50 beds
mostly filled with court orde
incompetant to stand trial
sent to the hospital for the restoration of competancy
not guilty
by reason
70 geriatic
100 civilly committed
no voluntary payments in state hospital
state can run involuntary care
decrease in general hospital beds
more cash with non-mental care issues
very little care
pushes
by nature of the system
towards police and criminal justice
james otis (i mary eng met his family)
personality change in his personality change
more time by himself
depressed
did not seek resources
mother
inquiries how to involuntarily commit him
investigates civil commitment statute
he had a gun
traffic stop
he was killed by the police
the courts
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/06/post_20.html
http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2010/05/21/enough-is-enough-parents-of-aaron-campbell-and-keaton-otis-speak-near-tears
Former Director of Oregon Action Joanne Bowman graphically described Otis's death. "They shot him over 30 times and when they were done shooting him, they shot him with the beanbag and the taser and then they left his body in the street, uncovered, for six hours," said Bowman.
dr sack, guest speaker number two
courtroom and prison
106 years
attorneys did not go for a mental health defense
they thought that he might only get 20-40 years
they thought they had worked something out
he goes to mcclaren (juvenile jail system in oregon)
sack is the consultant and evaluator at the prison
works with him till he is 25
got him on therapy and medication
treatment is confidential---he is now in adult treatment
his sister is devoted and she has hired an attorney for an appeal
was kip kinkel understanding that he could make a decision about a state hospital defense
he thought a hospital would be worse than jail
it went to court
2 years ago
judge said no, so he is still in jail
less than positive outcome
case of kip kinkel
oren bolstad
called
killed his parents and went to springfield hospital
high profile case
national news
a year after littleton colorado shootouts
voices, hallucinations
telling him: you need to kill
his parents repeated the verbal abuse his parents issued
"stupid piece of sh*t"
see this link recounting the sack perspective as psychiatrist:
kip kinkel shoplifted nine inch nails
he identified with the lyrics
trent reznor sang about
"god damn these voices in my head"
he quoted this at school and got in trouble fro saying "god damn"
he was reluctant to take medicine
thought he was chipped and others had cameras in their glasses
it was very painful for orin bolstad
he tried prozac
orin bolstad
william sack
speaks of delusions:
as a necessary to dia-gnosis
schizo-phrenia
an archaic term
meaning split brain
which i think should be reformulated for greater acuracy---or more specific to what was not known of the neuroscience of cognition
i support
INDUSTRY LITERATURE
(pre-blogosphere)
(i was in productions of these with director bart whitman and bill siesser who played critical characters dysart and bromden in the nineties at montgomery bell academy as a teenager----and was well avised)))))
i worked on a not guilty by reason of insanity case with los angeles attorney stephen schwartz in 2007 regarding a murder by a young man who murdered a clerk with a baseball bat at a convenience store.
we met with the family.
it was very formative.
this was prior to taking criminal law or administration of justice:police procedure at LACC .
bloom is the forensic psychiatrist
clinical diagnoses
statute
you must know right from wrong to be guilty of murder
oregon insanity test
mcnaughten test---30 states
american law institute test---at tim e of crime by way of defect
lack substantial capacity to interpret the criminal content of the act
appreciate
test of volitional
an hour after the shooting
another psychiatrist saw him
no ask about voices
strong feeling that he was psychotic
plea bargain agreed to this verdict
everything relates to the time of the crime
everything at the trial will relate to this crime
affirmative defense to the charge
yes i did this
but was insane at the time
interests at heart---hippocratic oath
patient autonomy
abrogation of their duty
not a trick case
honesty demanded
when physician is trying to protect a patient from a terminal illness's psychological effects----
discussion question
issues
relevant to
profound depression
people are very fragile
certain aspects make him a delicate person
her son: how easily he feels paranoid as if someone is going to harm him
even people that he trusts
he is not happy with his clinician
george saslow---musician
http://ohsu-hca.blogspot.com/2006/09/in-memoriam-george-saslow.html
tying papers together
excerpt
rights as moral intersests
clinician abrogates rights
liability devastating
what you would hope for clinician to be a kind enough friend
clear he needs to get there
not easy
abrogation of their duty
not a trick case
honesty demanded
when physician is trying to protect a patient from a terminal illness's psychological effects----
discussion question
issues
relevant to
profound depression
people are very fragile
certain aspects make him a delicate person
her son: how easily he feels paranoid as if someone is going to harm him
even people that he trusts
he is not happy with his clinician
george saslow---musician
http://ohsu-hca.blogspot.com/2006/09/in-memoriam-george-saslow.html
tying papers together
excerpt
rights as moral intersests
clinician abrogates rights
liability devastating
what you would hope for clinician to be a kind enough friend
clear he needs to get there
not easy
ethics and privacy and private torture chambers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act
http://www.ncsl.org/IssuesResearch/TelecommunicationsInformationTechnology/ElectronicSurveillanceLaws/tabid/13492/Default.aspx
http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines/nuremberg.html
it is very interesting to me that PSU legal team is now aware that i bambuser.com videoblogged the primate researcher's very interesting discussion of his research. i posted a link up at indymedia because many people do not have a chance for a college education nor do they have the privilege of animal researchers speaking to them about their work.
that i have poured over my animal law book is of no concern to anyone. that i have worked with many animal rights groups is known at least to myself.
but what i am more concerned about is the flow of information being kept from humans.
the abrogation of FISA or local oregon free speech restriction or the AETA seem very small compared to the torture i have experienced and that i have heard of at OHSU.
i saw the macaques and they begged me for release.
they banged on the wall.
they grasped their babies in fear.
i just personally cannot imagine a career in animal testing.
but maybe OHSU is hiring.
patricia backlar is extremely gracious and wonderful and spoke to me and wants me to not videoblog any more of her classes.
the breach of trust, in the lack of permission granted broadcast of their lecture---the anonymous OHSU primate experimenters--- . . . .
my goal aside from sharing the infamy of OHSU with the international public was to broadcast my misery in hearing of the animal experimentation
i told patricia backlar, my heart raced, my hands shook, my knees shook, perhaps i should have walked out.
i do not like being around people that make me uncomfortable, and monkey-torturers actually do make me extremely uncomfortable.
in a sense i wish patricia asked us if we were ready for such an inconsiderate displace of cruelty, speciesism, torture, and arrogance.
i cannot believe how disrespectful these fellows were in the way they spoke of animals.
i have an audio file in addition to the bambuser.com/maryeng1 files.
should i be a part of OHSU secrecy?
that is a little too much for me to ask of my conscience.
this is an ethics class after all.
her son has schizophrenia, a concert pianist
i am so glad my mother does not call me schizophrenic!!!! she has translated or transcended such labels
maybe he needs some b vitamins to break down the homocysteine implicated in this way of humans discussing humans
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_283/ai_n18744429/
so says patricia backlar
http://www.amazon.com/Family-Face-Schizophrenia-Patricia-Backlar/dp/0874777909
http://bambuser.com/channel/maryeng1
http://www.ncsl.org/IssuesResearch/TelecommunicationsInformationTechnology/ElectronicSurveillanceLaws/tabid/13492/Default.aspx
http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines/nuremberg.html
it is very interesting to me that PSU legal team is now aware that i bambuser.com videoblogged the primate researcher's very interesting discussion of his research. i posted a link up at indymedia because many people do not have a chance for a college education nor do they have the privilege of animal researchers speaking to them about their work.
that i have poured over my animal law book is of no concern to anyone. that i have worked with many animal rights groups is known at least to myself.
but what i am more concerned about is the flow of information being kept from humans.
the abrogation of FISA or local oregon free speech restriction or the AETA seem very small compared to the torture i have experienced and that i have heard of at OHSU.
i saw the macaques and they begged me for release.
they banged on the wall.
they grasped their babies in fear.
i just personally cannot imagine a career in animal testing.
but maybe OHSU is hiring.
patricia backlar is extremely gracious and wonderful and spoke to me and wants me to not videoblog any more of her classes.
the breach of trust, in the lack of permission granted broadcast of their lecture---the anonymous OHSU primate experimenters--- . . . .
my goal aside from sharing the infamy of OHSU with the international public was to broadcast my misery in hearing of the animal experimentation
i told patricia backlar, my heart raced, my hands shook, my knees shook, perhaps i should have walked out.
i do not like being around people that make me uncomfortable, and monkey-torturers actually do make me extremely uncomfortable.
in a sense i wish patricia asked us if we were ready for such an inconsiderate displace of cruelty, speciesism, torture, and arrogance.
i cannot believe how disrespectful these fellows were in the way they spoke of animals.
i have an audio file in addition to the bambuser.com/maryeng1 files.
should i be a part of OHSU secrecy?
that is a little too much for me to ask of my conscience.
this is an ethics class after all.
her son has schizophrenia, a concert pianist
i am so glad my mother does not call me schizophrenic!!!! she has translated or transcended such labels
maybe he needs some b vitamins to break down the homocysteine implicated in this way of humans discussing humans
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_283/ai_n18744429/
so says patricia backlar
http://www.amazon.com/Family-Face-Schizophrenia-Patricia-Backlar/dp/0874777909
http://bambuser.com/channel/maryeng1
Tuesday 5 October 2010
AETA and OHSU primate testing and Zoos clearly seemed cruel to me as a child
http://www.organicconsumers.org/patent/glowingmonkey.cfm
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2010/10/402828.shtml
http://bambuser.com/channel/maryeng1/broadcast/1063905
unbelievable
crassness
my heart was racing to hear of the torture of these animals
and to see the pictures the fellow brought in
and to hear him get really foggy on the nicotine experiments on pregnant primates.
he sat beside me. it was i who felt like i was torturing him with the clarity of my questions about who is legal representation and pharmeceutical litigation.
poor thing.
i wanted to tell him i liked his grey suit. it looked super prada minimalist.
fashion for animal torturers.
i told him i saw the facility.
i didnt tell him what the animals clearly communicated:
we are in hell
help us out.
they banged on the walls!!!
written for anthro last january:
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2010/10/402828.shtml
http://bambuser.com/channel/maryeng1/broadcast/1063905
unbelievable
crassness
my heart was racing to hear of the torture of these animals
and to see the pictures the fellow brought in
and to hear him get really foggy on the nicotine experiments on pregnant primates.
he sat beside me. it was i who felt like i was torturing him with the clarity of my questions about who is legal representation and pharmeceutical litigation.
poor thing.
i wanted to tell him i liked his grey suit. it looked super prada minimalist.
fashion for animal torturers.
i told him i saw the facility.
i didnt tell him what the animals clearly communicated:
we are in hell
help us out.
they banged on the walls!!!
written for anthro last january:
Visiting the zoo reminded me of a surprising experience I had involving the Rhesus Macaque, a popular animal for animal research. When I was in Portland Oregon, a friend who worked for OHSU unwittingly took me by the OHSU macaque pen. He did not know how well I like animals. We climbed to the top of a platform. It was my very first time as an adult to see non-human primates. As a child I found zoos to be traumatizing. I remember being bewildered at the at the Washington D.C. Zoo. Even as a child I could see that the gorillas behind plexiglass were in obvious distress. The gorillas banged on the glass and lumbered around as though depressed. I thought adults were not so smart for thinking they were entertaining me, because it was like a nightmare.
The macaques (maybe fifty in number or more) were in a corrugated metal pen at least 100x100 feet, with piles of bananas around and wheels to run on. There were little huts to hide in. It was raining heavily and very muddy. The mothers held their babies protectively as if they were afraid I would take their young. Some actively called out or made demonstration of aggression or fear. Some were oblivious. I began to imitate their speech sound (a clicking sound) and focused on communicating solacing tones and energy. Some began to put their fingers at and underneath the base of the corrugated metal. They started tapping and banging on the metal. When we walked down the platform stairs and along the opposite side of the compound, they put their fingers underneath the wall following the sounds of us walking. There fingertips were reaching out and others continued banging on the walls. Obviously they desired release. I kept talking sympathetically to them, and I think we very clearly communicated quite a lot of information.
I began to the research what types of tests are run there and what alternatives are available. The test most commonly cited by opponents is nicotine injection for pregnant mothers. The last I heard, the suburb where the facility was besieged by persistent activists and irritated at the stench so much so that neighbors united against the nuisance factor of it. So plans were being made to take the primate lab further out from the city. A fellow, Matt Rossel of (non-violent group) In Defense of Animals had worked undercover for OHSU as a lab tech following a stint undercover at a mink farm. I heard him speaking one day on the radio about the stresses on the legs and feet of circus elephants.
I felt strangely privileged to see the macaques.
I then found lots of disturbing footage from labs in Europe and hubbub regarding the Huntington Labs, the Shac 7, and the stress disorders primates undergo. This was 2006. The Patriot Act had recently been passed and with it what is known as the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, which effectively makes information distribution criminal. Currently some kids are being hassled over a flyer, the premise being that disseminating information that might disrupt an animal enterprise is a terrorist activity---this will be a very interesting new area for human rights law, free speech, and animal law. The international activist web ring “Indymedia” was at that time put in the FBI's terrorist watch group. This Portland version of the website has a very active animal page regarding fur store protests and OHSU primate testing activism.
I remember one day hearing of a suicide of animal activist in jail that was thought to be a murder.
Portland's activist community is quite vibrant, with law students (many enviro law from Lewis and Clark) filming all activist activities for future litigation in the event of police brutality. A nice foundation, The Northwest Center for Constitutional Law was established after a $800,000 suit victory regarding a 2003 George Bush visit protest at which police used pepper spray in a baby's face.
Monday 4 October 2010
ethics at OHSU?
protocols approved by IRC review board
community member
for what is going on
they all have a conflict of interest
helps as a cap
nonscientist
that consent forms
make sense to a non-scientist
compensation it is not unethical to pay someone
acc to IRB
too much is coercive
lots of impovrished people on medicare or medicaid
come to OHSU for studies
cosmetic procedure in beverly hills
what are you sking a subject to do
simple blood draw
50$ for blood
not coercive
500$ would be
dependent
craigslist
upper income bracket sliding scale
study the rich!!!
socioeconomic levels
IVF fertility
underpaid
6 yrs
undue inducement
hazardous to women
the nobel prize today
washington universitytissue samples
washington university purposes
the patients no longer had right to
nobody is talking about anarchy power or property rights
or rights theory
common rule
ethical vacuum.
regents cell line from a sample
commercialization
intellectual property of subjects
board of regents case
UCLA follow up care
no opportunity to say no.
the immortal life of
times literary supp
opp view
very interesting to speak to the grey suited primate researcher
check legal team here:
he didnt know about the seroquel lawsuit
literally a primate surgeon specialist working on sedated macaques.
hmm
human subjects research
News: Patricia Backlar appointed to OHSU Stem Cell Research Oversight Committee
patricia has brought in from OHSU
chief integrity officer
human subjects research
ethics
contemporary cases
http://www.pdx.edu/news/patricia-backlar-appointed-to-ohsu-stem-cell-research-oversight-committee
animal research has more laws
4x
human subjects can exit
vote with feet
cancer bone marrow
http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines/nuremberg.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Code
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele
1932 tuskegee syphilis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin
sir alexander fleming
1919
pathogenesis of syphilis
federal regulations
http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines/belmont.html
too late for tuskegee
too late for guatamala
belmont report
http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines/belmont.html
non-malefeasance
beneficence
FDA
http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/clinicalresearch/
http://www.fda.gov/
http://www.aboutlawsuits.com/seroquel-951/
http://www.coreynahman.com/atypical-antipsychotic-lawsuits.html
backlar recommends
http://bioethics.net/mt/mt-search.fcgi?tag=Alta%20Charo&IncludeBlogs=1
http://www.law.wisc.edu/profiles/racharo@wisc.edu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_Charo
SSRI's
for children
http://www.safecosmetics.org/
can restrict
via audit
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/
animal protections more extensive
human subject research without federal funding
practical---hard to do
publish
practice
or get approved or licensed
private practice research
split
sued for malpractice
exceeded malpx insurance
IRB
institutional review board
defined
common rule
ir
5 members
no conflict of interest
must have a nonscientist
reflect the nonscience coming t us
every subspecialty coming to us
state mental hospital
high rate of suicide
FDA approved for kids based on adult only research
they were dissuaded from research on kids
take limited testexpand
effects fatal
same thing with overprotecting women of childbearing age
no tests then
damage to women
HIV
cardiovascular
FDA 30 yrs out of sync
the common rule
psu primate research OHSU at PSU
palliative care
PI
veterinary staff
http://www.lclark.edu/law/law_reviews/animal_law_review/
stakeholders
future humans
taxpayers
other primates
PI
veterinary staff
http://www.lclark.edu/law/law_reviews/animal_law_review/
stakeholders
future humans
taxpayers
other primates
primate researcher fm OHSU comes to PSU
animal welfare concerns
posted signs
welfare concerns posting
IACUC
anonymous reports
supervisors may view employee's concern as a difficult employee rather than considering seriously
reluctant to cause problems
traditional
put the conflict on to a slide
healthy conflict investigators want to solve big problems of medicine
relief of human suff
professional success
scientific protocols to a t
SHAC
AETI
huntington
suffering matters
do no harm
propaganda of placation and defense for the PSU future
conflict of interest
nice grey suit
a surgeon
posted signs
welfare concerns posting
IACUC
anonymous reports
supervisors may view employee's concern as a difficult employee rather than considering seriously
reluctant to cause problems
traditional
put the conflict on to a slide
healthy conflict investigators want to solve big problems of medicine
relief of human suff
professional success
scientific protocols to a t
SHAC
AETI
huntington
suffering matters
do no harm
propaganda of placation and defense for the PSU future
conflict of interest
nice grey suit
a surgeon
OHSU primate researcher visits PSU
we dont handle them nonsedated
they revenge
rhesus macaque
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhesus_Macaque
22-25 yrs in captivity
matrilineal
ONPRC
oregon national primate research center
SIV similar to HIV
SIV HIV hybrid
govt
usda
PHS
scientists
AALAS
AAALAC
forces the an welf act---usda
ILAR
animalcentric organizations
humane society
health care consumers
british cruelty to a
iacucnimals act 1876 british
nuremberg code has to be based on animal expiramentation
surrogate
http://www.iacuc.org/
gary is the master
4000 monkeys
each is 4000 a pop
genetic
2000 mice genetically engineered high$ mice
iacuc
http://www.iacuc.org/aboutus.htm
food animals
a curious concept to a vegan
they revenge
rhesus macaque
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhesus_Macaque
22-25 yrs in captivity
matrilineal
ONPRC
oregon national primate research center
SIV similar to HIV
SIV HIV hybrid
govt
usda
PHS
scientists
AALAS
AAALAC
forces the an welf act---usda
ILAR
animalcentric organizations
humane society
health care consumers
british cruelty to a
iacucnimals act 1876 british
nuremberg code has to be based on animal expiramentation
surrogate
http://www.iacuc.org/
gary is the master
4000 monkeys
each is 4000 a pop
genetic
2000 mice genetically engineered high$ mice
iacuc
http://www.iacuc.org/aboutus.htm
food animals
a curious concept to a vegan
ethics of guatemala experiments
http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/oct/04/
norway study
clearly acknowledged of dangers of untreated syphilis
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/10/01/130266301/u-s-apologizes-for-medical-research-that-infected-guatemalans-with-syphilis
speaker:
public state health officer
anthrax attacks
state health department
dept. of human services
new: oregon health authority
launches next july 2011
social services not public health
all of these things affect health
surveillance info is dirty in the sense that it is chaotic but it is useful?
BMI obesity
state govt.
state medicaid
purchasing programs
it turns out the state puchases about 25% health insurance
flu in oregon
beyond H1N1
mmwr
morbid mortality weekly report
overdue for a pandemic
march 2009
near dead november 2009
flu as a pathogen
it changes every year
every 30-50 yrs it changes a lot
and we are
WWI
sequeli occurred htereafter
young hit hard
flu pandemic
in 1918
soldiers hit very hard
fined
by late aft dead
media attention
first press conference
H1N1
bruce goldberg
gary oxberg
epidemiologist by training
2 yr fellowship in applied graphs
the landscape changing
getting ready to
camera
how do you communicate to the public
very scared
weeks in late fall
peak feb march week 9 peak in april
things exploded in the fall
kids a great vector for communicating disease
purple high
patient privacy v. statistics gathering
portability and accountability act
HIPAA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_and_Accountability_Act
for pub health purposes this can be shared
yet we take care to safeguard info
reporting system bases on willingness
AIDS collection
name to code
prior anonymous
at least then some demographic reporting good
data stndpt need to link reports
multiple viral load tests with AIDS patients.
service
hooked up to services
balancing act
http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/oct/04/
norway study
clearly acknowledged of dangers of untreated syphilis
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/10/01/130266301/u-s-apologizes-for-medical-research-that-infected-guatemalans-with-syphilis
speaker:
public state health officer
anthrax attacks
state health department
dept. of human services
new: oregon health authority
launches next july 2011
social services not public health
all of these things affect health
surveillance info is dirty in the sense that it is chaotic but it is useful?
BMI obesity
state govt.
state medicaid
purchasing programs
it turns out the state puchases about 25% health insurance
flu in oregon
beyond H1N1
mmwr
morbid mortality weekly report
overdue for a pandemic
march 2009
near dead november 2009
flu as a pathogen
it changes every year
every 30-50 yrs it changes a lot
and we are
WWI
sequeli occurred htereafter
young hit hard
flu pandemic
in 1918
soldiers hit very hard
fined
by late aft dead
media attention
first press conference
H1N1
bruce goldberg
gary oxberg
epidemiologist by training
2 yr fellowship in applied graphs
the landscape changing
getting ready to
camera
how do you communicate to the public
very scared
weeks in late fall
peak feb march week 9 peak in april
things exploded in the fall
kids a great vector for communicating disease
purple high
patient privacy v. statistics gathering
portability and accountability act
HIPAA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_and_Accountability_Act
for pub health purposes this can be shared
yet we take care to safeguard info
reporting system bases on willingness
AIDS collection
name to code
prior anonymous
at least then some demographic reporting good
data stndpt need to link reports
multiple viral load tests with AIDS patients.
service
hooked up to services
balancing act
medical experiments #8 neuberger basement
we are speaking of tuskegee
and nuremberg code
nazi doctors
mangle
eichmann in jerusalem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment
and nuremberg code
nazi doctors
mangle
eichmann in jerusalem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment
research protocol
writing later on in the course
not in this term
just take a case
which was agood example
whether we can train the example
that ties this together
textile business in germany
rise of chemistry understanding
thereapies
the medical profession
fluorished to a great extent in germany and france
and the
german doctors in the USA were more valued bc of background
le main salle
we all have dirty hands
tuskege
writing later on in the course
not in this term
just take a case
which was agood example
whether we can train the example
that ties this together
textile business in germany
rise of chemistry understanding
thereapies
the medical profession
fluorished to a great extent in germany and france
and the
german doctors in the USA were more valued bc of background
le main salle
we all have dirty hands
tuskege
cookie time!!!
with the amazing Patricia Backlar
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