Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howard, Thanks so much for your input. I was hoping you and Steve would weigh in on this. Your idea sounds pretty workable for most situations. BTW - I am Cheri's sister! To fellow LUGers, as coincidence would have it, my sister is one of Howard's nurses at his oncology centers. I'd seen his name on the LUG but assumed it was probably a different person. Steve, Dang, I hadn't thought about HIPPA. If the person, not the facility, requested and used the photos, would HIPPA even be a consideration? Maybe if donating photography is not officially part of my work as a volunteer and I am merely someone my hospice group could refer people to would get around any potential HIPPA issue. Sue On Mar 15, 2009, at 2:19 PM, Howard Ritter wrote: > Susan-- > > As a hospice medical director as well as a medical oncologist, my > sense is that many, probably most, patients at the end of life, and > their families, would respond very favorably to an offer on your > part to document parts of this phase of their and their families' > lives. Later, while sharing the resulting images with them, express > satisfaction with the result and ask if they'd be willing to let you > post some of the best images to a group of serious (and private) > fellow photography enthusiasts. I suspect that if you approach them > this way, you'd get consent more often than not. My inclination is > to agree with Nathan that formal, written permission would be > unnecessary, and asking for it might put the wrong tone on the > situation. > > I think it's a great idea. I can't tell you how many times I've been > on the verge of broaching this idea to one or another of my own > patients. Maybe now! > > Ask Steve Barbour how he explains his aims to his patients and their > parents. > > --howard > > > On Mar 15, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Susan Ryan wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I'm hoping the group can give me some thought about how to handle a >> potentially touchy situation. I am a hospice volunteer. From >> experiences in my own life, I think there might be interest by >> hospice clients and family members for donated photo services. I'm >> thinking things such as grandparents finishing projects to be given >> to grandchildren, spending time with family members, portraits, or >> whatever the person involved would like to document. I'm thinking I >> would give the client a copy of the files on a disc and they could >> do with them what they liked. While I wouldn't use these photos for >> any personal gain, I can envision wanting to post to the LUG, etc., >> if I had one I liked, needed help with, etc. I am quite concerned >> about privacy liability. I'm also afraid if I insist on model >> releases before taking a single photo people will assume I have >> personal motives for taking the photos to begin with. I was >> thinking maybe it would be safe enough to ask permission to post or >> show their photos and if they agree I would have them sign a model >> release. If they do not like the idea I would keep a record of that >> and keep those files in a "do not post" folder. Do you have any >> advice about how you would handle this? Should I abandon the idea >> because the can of worms is just too big to open? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Sue >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information