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
Dr. DeLuca's Addiction, Pain and Public Health website
is in compliance with the HONcode

Title of the site: Dr. DeLuca's Addiction, Pain and Public Health website
Web address: http://www.doctordeluca.com/
HONcode PIN number : HONConduct911193
Date of initial review: 15 Oct 2002
Validity of certificate 03 Apr 2013 - Apr 2015
Date of last visit 03 Apr 2013
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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.

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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.

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1. Information must be authoritative

Brief Biography of Alex DeLuca, M.D., MPH
(27 May 2012) -

For the collaborative platform:

by Alexander DeLuca, M.D
(28 Dec 2010) -

2. Presentation of the site
Mission:

This site exists to provide accurate but not necessarily complete information on a variety of health related topics and issues in the areas of addiction medicine, U.S. Drug War policy, and consequences for chronic pain patients and doctors, and those labeled "addicts" in our society.

The mission of the Addiction, Pain and Public Health website, domain name doctordeluca.com, is to provide source, documents and analysis about important medical topics
(03 Feb 2013) -

For the collaborative platform:

Statement of Purpose: I am the owner, content aggregator, content producer, and sole funding source of Dr. DeLuca's Addiction, Pain and Public Health website. This site exists to provide accurate but not necessarily complete information on a variety of health related topics and issues in the areas of addiction medicine, chronic pain and, in the public health arena, a focus on improving the quality of health care, medical informatics, and management.
(09 Dec 2009) -

Audience:

Intended Audience

This web site is intended for patients, health professionals and students (teenagers and older) seeking to learn more about medical ethics, addiction and pain medicine, the Big Lie that is America's War on Drugs, and some other interesting articles on a variety of topics. I suggest teenager and older because of 'frank language,' including common 'curse words' appear in a small minority of Comments.
This site is intendedj to help students, seekers, people who want to understand. People who read footnotes. I've tried make it easier to widens one's view by pr... (03 Feb 2013) -

Purpose of the website

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.
(27 May 2012) -

For the collaborative platform:

This website subscribes to the principle of "complementarity:" 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
I do not collect any information about any visitor to this site. There is no registration process here, except for the Chronic Pain Forums. Anyone is free to browse these pages; no records are kept. This website does not attempt to place any "cookie" files nor does it require or otherwise make use of any such technology [except for the Chronic Pain Forums, which do employ cookie technology]. With this exception, if your computer tells you it has received a request to have a cookie placed while browsing my website, know that that request did not come from me. This is an in... (27 May 2012) -

For the collaborative platform:

This website subscribes to the principle of "confidentiality:" Confidentiality of data relating to individual patients and visitors to this medical/health Web site, including their identity, is respected by this Web site. I, as the Web site owner, undertake to honour or exceed the legal requirements of medical/health information privacy that apply in the United States of America and in New York State where this Web site is located. Please note the detailed information contained in the Privacy Policy and Email Confidentiality Policy below.

Privacy Policy
I do not collect an... (09 Dec 2009) -

4. Information must be documented: Referenced and dated

Only data for one sample are displayed among those selected.

No Relief in Sight (full text plus Related References) – by Jacob Sullum, Senior Editor of Reason Magazine, 1997. Source. ‘Brief Note’ added: 2009-07-14.
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For the collaborative platform:

DOJ Eyes Kan. Complaint Against Federal Prosecutor; Roxana Hegeman; AP, Witchita Eagle; 2009-07-10. Source

Permalink: http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/doj-eyes-complaint/

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added: 2009-07-14
(27 May 2012) -

For the collaborative platform:

added: 2009-07-14
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5. Justification of claims

This principle is not applicable for this site

6. User support and adequation

All Email to:
(27 May 2012) -

For the collaborative platform:

Alexander DeLuca, M.D.
adeluca@doctordeluca.com
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7. Disclosure of funding sources

I am the sole funding source for this website. I pay all the expenses out of my pocket. I sell no products or services.
(27 May 2012) -

For the collaborative platform:

This website subscribes to the principle of "transparency of ownership."
I, Alexander DeLuca, M.D., am the sole owner of a web hosting account with HostGator:
-- URL: http://www.doctordeluca.com/
-- IP: 74.52.60.66
-- eMail: adeluca@doctordeluca.com

I may be emailed about any matter relating to this site. My email address, and a link to this Statement of Purpose; Privacy policy; Email Confidentiality Policy; Statements of Ownership & Sponsorship; Advertising policy document that you are reading... (09 Dec 2009) -

8. Advertising policy

I sell no advertising.
(27 May 2012) -

For the collaborative platform:

This website subscribes to the principle of "honesty in advertising." I sell no advertising. There is no advertising on this website. As of the "Most recently revised: " date at the bottom of this page, there are no banner ads on this site. I pledge that if I ever do post a banner ad on this website it will have the word "Advertisement" displayed prominently below it, and I will revise this document to represent the change in policy.
(09 Dec 2009) -

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