Coccydynia site policy
Ownership
This site, www.coccyx.org, is owned and run by me, Jon Miles. It
contains no advertising and accepts no sponsorship. I am responsible
for what appears. You can contact me here.
Purpose
The purpose of the site is to provide information on coccyx pain to
help sufferers and to inform health professionals. Because the site is mainly aimed at the general public, I have
attempted to avoid medical jargon where possible, and to write clearly
for everyone, even if they are not native speakers of English. If
any part is not clear, please let me know.
Contents
The contents are written by me, unless it is clear from the context
that they are written by someone else. More than 1,200 coccyx pain
sufferers have contributed to this site, and more than 30 doctors
and other medical professionals. Many thanks to all who
contributed. Some contents, such as abstracts of medical papers taken
from Medline, are copied from elsewhere on the Web. Private emails are
quoted only with the permission of the sender, who can remain anonymous
if they wish. If anyone wishes to have their contribution removed, I
will do so. This site does not use cookies to track the activity of site visitors.
Accuracy
I am not a doctor, and make no claim to medical expertise. The
contents are as accurate as I can make them, though I can give no
guarantees. If you see any errors or omissions, please let me know, and
I will put them right.
Copyright
I claim copyright on the contents of this site. But you may use the
material here in any way you wish, except for commercial gain.
HON code principles:
- Authority Any medical or health advice provided and
hosted on this site 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Attribution Where appropriate, 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 will be clearly displayed (e.g. at the
bottom of the page).
- Justifiability 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..
- Transparency of authorship 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. The Webmaster will display his/her E-mail
address clearly throughout the Web site.
- Transparency of sponsorship Support for this Web site
will be clearly identified, including the identities of commercial and
non-commercial organisations that have contributed funding, services or
material for the site.
- Honesty in advertising and editorial policy If
advertising is a source of funding it will be clearly stated. A brief
description of the advertising policy adopted by the Web site owners
will be displayed on the site. 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.
Updated 2008-05-26
