Health on the Net
The Health On the Net Foundation (HON), created in 1995, is a non-governmental organisation. HON's mission is to guide lay persons or non-medical users and medical practitioners to useful and reliable online medical and health information. HON provides leadership in setting ethical standards for website developers.
The Respect Our Wishes website conforms to the HONCode principles. We do not offer individual medical or medical ethics advice. The information provided on this site is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her medical team.
Where appropriate, medical information contained on this site will be supported by clear references to source data and, where possible, have a specific link to that data. Any general medical guidance provided on this site will have been reviewed by a medically trained and qualified professional. Our clinical advisor is Dr M McDiarmid BSc, MB ChB, DCH, DRCOG, MRCGP. The date when a clinical page was last modified will be clearly displayed (usually at the bottom of the page).
Respect Our Wishes does not receive any sponsorship from any external commercial or non-commercial agency. At this time, we do not carry any advertisements - paid for or otherwise.
Respect Our Wishes seeks to provide information in the clearest possible manner. A link to our contact details can be found at the bottom of each page.
A link to our privacy policy may be found at the bottom of each page. This sets out how we treat information submitted by our visitors.
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