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
MedicalCRITERIA
is in compliance with the HONcode

Title of the site: MedicalCRITERIA
Web address: http://www.medicalcriteria.com/site/
HONcode PIN number : HONConduct786329
Date of initial review: 08 Mar 2005
Validity of certificate 18 Jun 2012 - Jun 2014
Date of last visit 18 Jun 2012
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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

MedicalCRITERIA.com is a project created by professionals of the medicine and the informatic, destined to physician and health student. The main editor is Guillermo Firman, M.D.

Dr. G. Firman graduated from Corrientes University School of Medicine in 1995, completed his internal medicine residency and chief residency at Hospital Escuela Gral. José F. de San Martin (Corrientes - Argentina) in 1999-2000, and his fellowship in Internal Medicine at the Hospital Universitario San Cecilio (Granada - Spain) in 2000. He is certified in Internal Medicine by the Academia Nacional de Medic... (23 Feb 2012) -

2. Presentation of the site
Mission:

Objectives of the site are unify concepts related to diseases definitions, classifications, indications and contraindications of medical knowledge.
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Audience:

MedicalCRITERIA.com is a project created by professionals of the medicine and the informatic, destined to physician and health student.
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Purpose of the website

The content of this website is provided for general informational purposes only and is not a substitute professional medical advice
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3. Confidentiality

Confidentiality of data relating to individual patients and visitors to a medical/health Web site, including their identity, is respected by this Web site. The Web site owners undertake to honour or exceed the legal requirements of medical/health information privacy that apply in the country and state where the Web site and mirror sites are located.

The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to you by Google Adsense and Amazon.com Associates. Our third-party advertisers also may separately place or recognize a cookie file on your browser in the course of delivering advertisements to this Site. Aggregate information about your visit to this site (but not your name, address, or other personally identifiable information) is used to serve ads to you on this site. This information is not collected for profiling. For more information about their Privacy Policies, the use of cookies, and your right to "opt-out", please click on the follow... (18 Jun 2012) -

4. Information must be documented: Referenced and dated

Only data for one sample are displayed among those selected.

References
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Site last modified: Tuesday 21 February 2012, 06:50
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5. Justification of claims

This principle is not applicable for this site

6. User support and adequation

E-form provided.

Contact us
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7. Disclosure of funding sources

This website is financed by advertising and by donations from site users.
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8. Advertising policy

Advertisement

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At no time in the process of publication of health information (editorial content) is there any influence on editors by, or interaction with, advertisers or the advertising divisions of MedicalCRITERIA.com.

No writer or editor of MedicalCRITERIA.com receives any commission from the advertising on MedicalCRITERIA.com.

Sponsorship Advertisers do not pay for editorial content to be composed or modified, nor do they make contractual arrangements for the production of such content.

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Los anuncios se distinguen por el contenido editorial con las palabras de 'Publicidad', ‘Advertisement’ o ‘Enlaces patrocinados’.
URL: http://www.medicalcriteria.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=235:about-us&catid=40:about-us&lang=es&Itemid=72

The advertisements are distinguished from the editorial content by the word ‘Advertisement’.
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Advertising includes: banner ads, buttons, sponsorships, and text links.
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