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You will find below the elements identified by the HONcode team at a precise date to justify the respect of the 8 ethical principles.
The content of this certificate has been collected and written by the Health On the Net Foundation (HON) and should not be used without previous permission granted by HON. A request for permission can be sent to:
HON.
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| 1. Information must be authoritative |
The names of the members of the Editorial Board and the Development team are provided.
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Editorial Board
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For the collaborative platform:
Orthogate reserves the right, but is not obligated, to review materials posted to this site and to remove any such materials and/or edit such materials in its sole discretion, without notice at any time.
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2. Presentation of the site
Mission:
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The mission of the OrthoGate Project is to improve orthopedic care, education and research using Internet technologies. We facilitate access to orthopedic information using the Internet and strive to improve the quality of orthopedic information and musculoskeletal health on the Internet by providing a gateway.
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| Audience:
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an educational service to the public and to orthopaedic staff, fellows and residents
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For the collaborative platform:
Members should remember that this board is aimed at a professional audience of medical students, residents, and orthopedic staff and that it is read routinely by laypeople, students, medical students, residents, and orthopedic staff.
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| Purpose of the website
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OrthoGate presents the information on this website as an educational service to the public and to orthopaedic staff, fellows and residents. While the information on this site is about orthopaedic surgery, it is not medical advice. People seeking specific advice or assistance regarding musculoskeletal related problems should contact an orthopaedic surgeon.
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For the collaborative platform:
This forum is not for medical advice. It is for orthopedic residents, students, and staff to discuss orthopedic education. Posts requesting for medical advice will be deleted.
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| 3. Confidentiality |
Privacy policy
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For the collaborative platform:
You acknowledge that the community services are public and not private communications, therefore your communications may be read by others without your knowledge.
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| 4. Information must be documented: Referenced and dated |
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Editors: Chris Oliver
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Pages Updated On: Sun Aug 07 2011
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For the collaborative platform:
All posts are automatically dated.
Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:32 am
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| 5. Justification of claims |
This principle is not applicable for this site
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For the collaborative platform:
Do not post any defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive or illegal materials.
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| 6. User support and adequation |
Mailing address, phone and contact form provided.
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Contact us
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| 7. Disclosure of funding sources |
Currently there is no major direct financial support for Orthogate and the whole enterprise is run by a group of keen orthopaedic surgeons who have donated their own time, computer and servers to the Orthogate project.
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| 8. Advertising policy |
Sponsored Listings
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The financial commitment from the sponsor to this educational project, gives him no right to influence the content of this website.
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The Orthogate project would like to invite all commercially interested companies to sponsor the project with educational grants under the following rules:
Advertising and other promotional material will be presented to viewers in a manner and context that facilitates differentiation between it and the original material created by the Orthogate team or author submitted material approved by the Editorial Board.
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Advertising and other promotional material will be presented to viewers in a manner and context that facilitates differentiation between it and the original material created by the Orthogate team or author submitted material approved by the Editorial Board.
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For the collaborative platform:
Spam is not tolerated here under any circumstance. This includes posts advertising new orthopedic products and services, spam blogging, etc...
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