Terms of Use

This website (mountzion.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/phl, alias UCSFPatientHealthLibrary.org), is funded, managed and operated by the UCSF Medical Center Patient Health Library. Please read this visitor agreement. As our website evolves, we may change the contents of this site and modify the terms of this agreement. By visiting our site, you agree to abide by the terms of this user agreement.

Advertising is not a source of funding for this site.

Use of this Information

This website is intended for the general public. The information on this website is for educational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for medical treatment by a health care professional. Because of your individual needs, you should consult your health care providers to determine the appropriateness of the information for your situation.

Confidentiality and Privacy

We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors. However, due to the nature of Internet communications, it may be necessary for system support personnel to view communications and logs of activities as a part of their responsibilities. We may gather information to monitor our effectiveness in providing health information, to answer consumer questions and to improve the site. This regular monitoring does not provide us with personal information such as names or addresses of users. Only non-confidential and non-proprietary information should be transmitted to the site by electronic mail or otherwise.

The UCSF Patient Health Library will never sell or share your information with third parties.

Accuracy and Completeness

Due to constant advances in technology and medicine, you are encouraged to confirm the information on our site with other reliable sources. Corrections and additions will be made as allowed by the availability of time and resources.

The UCSF Patient Health Library does not create health and medical information, rather we provide for our users links to information from trustworthy sources. These sources are vetted by the Patient Health Librarian, Ari Kleiman, MLIS. Although care has been taken in preparing the information contained in this site, all material that is provided here or could be reached by using this as a starting point is supplied "AS IS" without warranty of quality or accuracy of any kind. Neither the Regents of the University of California, UCSF Medical Center nor any author contributing to this site is responsible for any errors or omissions in any information provided or the results obtained from the use of such information.

The views and opinions of the document authors do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Regents of the University of California, UCSF Medical Center or its affiliates.

Links to Other Sites

Links to other Web sites are provided as a service to our users and do not imply endorsement by UCSF Medical Center. UCSF Medical Center is not responsible for the content of these websites.

Neither the Regents of the University of California nor UCSF Medical Center assume responsibility and shall not be liable for any damages to or any viruses that may infect your computer equipment or software because of your access, use of or browsing in this or any other site.

Facebook, Twitter and the Patient Health Library Blog

The Facebook and Twitter pages and the blog associated with this library are moderated by the staff of the UCSF Patient Health Library. Users may "like" or comment on posts, but all users of these pages will not be considered medical professionals and users should not attempt to provide medical advice there.

Users who do not behave respectfully and in accordance with these guidelines will be reported to Facebook, Twitter or Blogger and removed in accordance with Facebook, Twitter or Blogger policies.

Copyright

You should assume that everything you see or read on this site is copyrighted by the Regents of the University of California unless otherwise noted. You may download material from the site for non-commercial, personal use as long as you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials. You may not use, modify, make multiple copies of, distribute or transmit the contents of the site for any public or commercial purposes without the written permission of UCSF Medical Center.

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