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
Salamanders Young Burn Survivors
is in compliance with the HONcode

Title of the site: Salamanders Young Burn Survivors
Web address: http://www.kernoweb.myby.co.uk/salamanders/
HONcode PIN number : HONConduct781822
Date of initial review: 30 Nov 2004
Validity of certificate 09 Aug 2011 - Aug 2013
Date of last visit 09 Aug 2011

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

The webmaster is not a health care professional

My name is Sylvia, and I'm the mother of a burn survivor. This page will tell you a little about this website, and how it got started. I hope you enjoy your visit here, and find this site useful.
(23 Jun 2011) -

2. Presentation of the site
Mission:

The main purpose of Salamanders Young Burn Survivors is to give young burn survivors a way to find out about other burn survivors, and to make friends with people who do understand.
Salamanders Young Burn Survivors also aims to warn young people about how easy it is to get burned, to teach them about burns, and to tell them what to do if someone does get burned.
(23 Jun 2011) -

Audience: Patients and General Public

young burn survivors ... to warn young people
(23 Jun 2011) -

Purpose of the website

The medical information provided on this site is designed to supplement, not replace, professional medical advice and/or care.
(23 Jun 2011) -

3. Confidentiality

Privacy Policy for the "Salamanders Young Burn Survivors" website
(23 Jun 2011) -

4. Information must be documented: Referenced and dated

This page was checked & updated on 2009-01-20
(23 Jun 2011) -

5. Justification of claims

This principle is not applicable for this site

6. User support and adequation

Email and contact form is given

Contact me
(23 Jun 2011) -

7. Disclosure of funding sources

This is a personal website funded and maintained solely by the webmistress
(23 Jun 2011) -

8. Advertising policy

This website does not accept any form of advertising, and I receive no outside funding, grants or exchanges of favours for anything pertaining to this site.
(23 Jun 2011) -

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