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< | <div style="text-align: center; font-size: x-large; padding: 1em;">ECGPEDIA MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY</div> | ||
ECGpedia is an online open-content collaborative project, that is, a voluntary association of individuals and groups working to develop a common resource of human knowledge. The structure of the project allows anyone with an internet connection to alter its content. Please be advised that nothing found here has necessarily been reviewed by people with the expertise required to provide you with complete, accurate or reliable information. | |||
That is not to say that you will not find valuable and accurate information in ECGpedia; much of the time you will. However, '''ECGpedia cannot guarantee the validity of the information found here.''' The content of any given article may recently have been changed, vandalized or altered by someone whose opinion does not correspond with the state of knowledge in the relevant fields. | |||
<div style="text-align: center; font-size: x-large; padding: 1em;">ECGPEDIA DOES NOT GIVE MEDICAL ADVICE</div> | |||
ECGpedia contains articles on many medical topics; however, no warranty whatsoever is made that any of the articles are accurate. There is absolutely no assurance that any statement contained or cited in an article touching on medical matters is true, correct, precise, or up-to-date. Articles on ECGpedia can be edited by nonprofessionals. Even if a statement made about medicine is accurate, it may not apply to you or your symptoms. | ECGpedia contains articles on many medical topics; however, no warranty whatsoever is made that any of the articles are accurate. There is absolutely no assurance that any statement contained or cited in an article touching on medical matters is true, correct, precise, or up-to-date. Articles on ECGpedia can be edited by nonprofessionals. Even if a statement made about medicine is accurate, it may not apply to you or your symptoms. | ||
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The medical information provided on ECGpedia is, at best, of a general nature and cannot substitute for the advice of a medical professional (for instance, a qualified doctor/physician, nurse, pharmacist/chemist, and so on). ECGpedia is not a doctor. | The medical information provided on ECGpedia is, at best, of a general nature and cannot substitute for the advice of a medical professional (for instance, a qualified doctor/physician, nurse, pharmacist/chemist, and so on). ECGpedia is not a doctor. | ||
None of the individual contributors, system operators, developers, sponsors of | None of the individual contributors, system operators, developers, sponsors of ECGpedia nor anyone else connected to ECGpedia can take any responsibility for the results or consequences of any attempt to use or adopt any of the information presented on this web site. | ||
'''Nothing on ECGpedia.org or included as part of any project of The Cardionetworks Foundation, should be construed as an attempt to offer or render a medical opinion or otherwise engage in the practice of medicine.''' | '''Nothing on ECGpedia.org or included as part of any project of The Cardionetworks Foundation, should be construed as an attempt to offer or render a medical opinion or otherwise engage in the practice of medicine.''' | ||
Latest revision as of 12:21, 3 March 2009
ECGpedia is an online open-content collaborative project, that is, a voluntary association of individuals and groups working to develop a common resource of human knowledge. The structure of the project allows anyone with an internet connection to alter its content. Please be advised that nothing found here has necessarily been reviewed by people with the expertise required to provide you with complete, accurate or reliable information.
That is not to say that you will not find valuable and accurate information in ECGpedia; much of the time you will. However, ECGpedia cannot guarantee the validity of the information found here. The content of any given article may recently have been changed, vandalized or altered by someone whose opinion does not correspond with the state of knowledge in the relevant fields.
ECGpedia contains articles on many medical topics; however, no warranty whatsoever is made that any of the articles are accurate. There is absolutely no assurance that any statement contained or cited in an article touching on medical matters is true, correct, precise, or up-to-date. Articles on ECGpedia can be edited by nonprofessionals. Even if a statement made about medicine is accurate, it may not apply to you or your symptoms.
The medical information provided on ECGpedia is, at best, of a general nature and cannot substitute for the advice of a medical professional (for instance, a qualified doctor/physician, nurse, pharmacist/chemist, and so on). ECGpedia is not a doctor.
None of the individual contributors, system operators, developers, sponsors of ECGpedia nor anyone else connected to ECGpedia can take any responsibility for the results or consequences of any attempt to use or adopt any of the information presented on this web site.
Nothing on ECGpedia.org or included as part of any project of The Cardionetworks Foundation, should be construed as an attempt to offer or render a medical opinion or otherwise engage in the practice of medicine.