Aim of the website
Any medical or health advice provided and hosted on www.orthopedie.com will only be given by medically trained and qualified professionals unless a clear statement is made that a piece of advice offered is from a non-medically qualified individual or organisation.
The information provided on www.orthopedie.com is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her existing physician.
Confidentiality of data relating to individual patients and visitors to a medical/health Web site, including their identity, is respected by www.orthopedie.com. 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.
Information contained on this site will be supported by clear references to source data and, where possible, have specific HTML links to that data. The date when a clinical page was last modified is clearly displayed (at the bottom of the page).
Any claims relating to the benefits/performance of a specific treatment, commercial product or service will be supported by appropriate, balanced evidence in the manner outlined above in Principle 4..
The designers of this Web site will seek to provide information in the clearest possible manner and provide contact addresses for visitors that seek further information or support.
Support for this Web site is personal.
If advertising is a source of funding it will be clearly stated. Advertising and other promotional material will be presented to viewers in a manner and context that facilitates differentiation between it and the original material created by the institution operating the site.