Posted by pontormo on August 31, 2014, at 21:17:42
In reply to Re: discussion, posted by bryte on August 31, 2014, at 2:49:29
From what I 've read, HRPPs only apply to human research, and from what Bob has said, he's not doing any research on psychobabble now. So that really doesn't apply at the moment. If he were to do research, I'm sure he would go through all the relevant protective procedures, if only because they're required.
But I would think that looking through Bob's bio on the page would be pretty reassuring to anyone who is afraid that Bob doesn't care about the ethics of having an online site. For example he was the Chair of the "Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Working Group, American Medical Informatics Association" in 2007-8 and President of the International Society for Mental Health Online in 2009 . I just think that his training and the respect that he clearly is held in, would be profoundly reassuring.
Putting that much ti me into thinking about these issues says more about his commitment than just having insurance, which could mostly protect him-- and could just as well suggest that he thinks people will come to harm here and blame him, as much as it could reassure anyone. People take these things in such different ways, that it's not clear that insurance is per se reassuring.
His colleagues have much more information about him than any of us can possibly have-- and their choosing him, as well as his volunteering to do this work, says a lot.
I just find his biosketch incredibly reassuring-- and I hope you've taken at his credentials-- Most people would I think come to have a lot of confidence in him and his judgment and his caring from that.
He himself says that he's not perfect-- that he can only do the best he can do to be fair and make good decisions. That's really all we can ask of anyone. I take him at his word-- and while I've disagreed with decisions, haven't lost the sense that this place is valuable.
But I'm sorry that you don't find it so.
pontormo
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