HONcode certificate: respect of the 8 HONcode principles by the health website

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Certificate of compliance with the Code of Conduct HONcode

The health Website
Osteoporosis and Bone Physiology
is in compliance with the HONcode

Title of the site: Osteoporosis and Bone Physiology
Web address: http://courses.washington.edu/bonephys/
HONcode PIN number : HONConduct315939
Date of initial review: 13 Mar 2002
Validity of certificate 14 May 2013 - May 2015
Date of last visit 14 May 2013

This certificate confirms the revision of the site by the HONcode Team at the above date.
It respects and pledges to honor the 8 principles of the HON Code of Conduct (HONcode).

* 1. Authoritative 2. Complementarity 3. Privacy 4. Attribution 5. Justifiability 6. Transparency
7. Financial disclosure 8. Advertising policy

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The Health on the Net (HON) certificate serves as a guarantee that this website, at the date of its certification, complies with and pledges to honor the 8 principles of the HON Code of Conduct as drawn up by the HON foundation.

The responsible of the certified site commits to keep the site in compliance with the HON code principles for the duration of the certification.

Although measures such as a complaint mechanism, the periodical review and the automatic surveillance mechanisms are put in place to guarantee the compliance of the certified website with the ethical principles of HON as much as possible, incidental inaccuracies cannot be completely excluded. In no event the HON foundation and/or its partner(s) can be held liable for any damages resulting from the use or inability to use HON certified websites nor can the HON foundation and/or its partner(s) be held liable for the content of these certified websites, including, but not limited to the information of third-parties or hyperlinks accessible via HON certified websites.

The certified website is responsible for the content of its website, unless otherwise provided by law.

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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.

1. Information must be authoritative

Site maintained by
Susan Ott, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Washington
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2. Presentation of the site
Mission:

This is an educational site
for physicians and patients.
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Audience:

This is an educational site
for physicians and patients.
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Purpose of the website

Note: This site adheres to the code for Health on the Internet (HONcode). Therefore, "the information provided on this site is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her existing physician".
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3. Confidentiality

Privacy Policy
Furthermore, any data, including email addresses or visitors to the site, will be confidential. I do save the email messages that praise the site.

This site will not place any cookies or keep track of individual visitors to the site. I will attempt to answer email messages but will not send these messages to anybody else.

I have a counter that gives me the numbers of visits, but I do not collect any information from visitors to this site.
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4. Information must be documented: Referenced and dated

Only data for one sample are displayed among those selected.

General osteoporosis

Cauley, J. A.(1995). Estrogen replacement therapy and fractures in older women. Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group. Ann Intern Med 122(1): 9-16.

Dawson Hughes, B.(1997). Effect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on bone density in men and women 65 years of age or older. N Engl J Med 337(10): 670-6.
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Updated May 9, 2011
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5. Justification of claims

This principle is not applicable for this site

6. User support and adequation

Send email message
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7. Disclosure of funding sources

I do not have any conflicts of interest with any commercial sources. I am seeking suggestions for non-profit foundations that might help fund the site.
So far there has been no funding.
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8. Advertising policy

Advertisements not accepted.
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