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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:
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| 1. Information must be authoritative |
The BabyCenter Canada Editorial Team
The BabyCenter Canada Editorial Team includes writers and editors with a background in service journalism, online and in print, and women's health.
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Hamed Al-Taher
Area of expertise: consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist
Hamed Al-Taher is a senior consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, in Norfolk. His specialities include fertility and urogynaecology. He studied at Cairo University, Egypt and Liverpool University.
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All users on site are automatically considered to be non-medical professionals. When posting please give references (that is, links to reports and so on) to any health or medical information you provide, if it is not your own personal experience. By personal experience, we mean symptoms, tests or treatment that you, or close family members, have gone through. We also ask you to post only information that is true and correct to the best of your knowledge.
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2. Presentation of the site
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BabyCenter's overall mission is to help parents make the most of one of life's greatest experiences by helping to calm their worries and save them time. We try to represent multiple points of view, knowing that no two pregnancies, no two births and no two children are alike. We believe that there are many different and reasonable ways to approach the same problem.
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BabyCenter's overall mission is to help parents make the most of one of life's greatest experiences by helping to calm their worries and save them time. We try to represent multiple points of view, knowing that no two pregnancies, no two births and no two children are alike. We believe that there are many different and reasonable ways to approach the same problem.
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• We cannot offer you any medical advice. Our site provides information of a general nature and is designed for educational purposes only. If you have any concerns about your own health or the health of your child, you should always consult with a doctor or other health-care professional.
Read more: http://www.babycenter.ca/about/whatwecantdo/#ixzz2AhEcBXbA
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| 3. Confidentiality |
Privacy Policy
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For the collaborative platform:
Your personal privacy is extremely important to us. However, this website is accessible by anyone with an internet connection, so bear that in mind when posting comments, photos and videos in groups.
You'll notice that on your profile page there are dropdown options to choose whether your recent activity, groups are viewable to "Everyone" or "Only me". You can double check what's public and what's not by selecting "My public profile" in the left-hand column. It's completely up to you how much of your profile you decide to share.
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| 4. Information must be documented: Referenced and dated |
For the collaborative platform:
When posting please give references (that is, links to reports and so on) to any health or medical information you provide, if it is not your own personal experience. By personal experience, we mean symptoms, tests or treatment that you, or close family members, have gone through.
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VanBarrett1 - 28 Mar, 2011
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| 5. Justification of claims |
This principle is not applicable for this site
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For the collaborative platform:
We also ask you to post only information that is true and correct to the best of your knowledge.
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| 6. User support and adequation |
you may contact a representative of BabyCenter by e-mail at
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| 7. Disclosure of funding sources |
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For the collaborative platform:
The community is moderated by the BabyCenter Team, who work to ensure that BabyCenter is a friendly and supportive place for you to share experiences and ideas. The BabyCenter team has the ability to delete or edit comments and posts that breach our guidelines.
The site is also moderated by the many users, known as group owners, who create groups on BabyCenter. They are not employed by BabyCenter and they moderate on a purely voluntary basis. These moderators are able to remove comments and posts in their own groups, but they are not able to modify or edit other users' messages. ...
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| 8. Advertising policy |
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BabyCentre editorial content is free of any commercial influence.
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# Advertisement content is distinguished by the word "Advertisement".
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includes any unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, chain letters, spam, junk mail, or any other type of unsolicited mass e-mail to people or entities that have not agreed to be part of such mailings
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