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HealthLinks Terms of Use

HealthLinks serves to connect people with knowledge in the health sciences to support the education, research, clinical, and public service missions of faculty, staff, and students at the University of Washington

Disclaimer

HealthLinks is designed for educational purposes only and is not engaged in rendering medical advice or professional services. Any medical or other decisions should be made in consultation with your health care provider. The University of Washington will not be liable for any complication, injuries, or other medical accidents arising from or in connection with the use of or reliance upon any information on the web.

Copyright

By using the HealthLinks web site ("the site") you agree to abide by copyright laws and the terms of use. The HealthLinks site and database is copyrighted. Users are granted a limited license to use the database. No part of HealthLinks (e.g. the form of presentation or database design) may be reproduced (e.g. on other Web sites, in other products, or downloaded in bulk) or sold in any form, or by any means, without written permission from the copyright owner. However, information contained in the database can be printed and used by University of Washington faculty, staff and students for educational or UW-related purposes in accordance with the licenses of third party content providers and licensors.

Various materials licensed to the University of Washington Libraries for use on this website are copyrighted by their respective owners. Authorization to copy licensed content must follow the appropriate publisher's terms of use.

Terms of Use

Information on the site is provided "as is" and "as available" basis without any warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. HealthLinks provides a means of accessing medical information, and is not the direct provider of this information, and does not claim to verify all included information. HEALTHLINKS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. HEALTHLINKS SHALL NOT IN ANY WAY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEB SITE OR THE INFORMATION IT CONTAINS.

Should any viewer of the site respond with information including feedback data such as questions, comments, suggestions, or the like regarding the content of any such HealthLinks document, such information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques to develop the site.

Privacy

HealthLinks seeks to minimize the collection and retention of personally identifiable information. Information that is retained is required for the management of site operations. Federal law, state law and local policies mandate the privacy of records. The complete privacy statement is available.