We support the Health on the Internet FoundationLIRIKS HOOBASTANK HON Code of Conduct (HONcode) for Medical and Health Websites.   We have not yet applied for HONcode Membership, as we are still in the early stages of developing the Medical section of our library.   We will, however, work to comply with the code during our development phase, and once in place, will apply for membership and maintain HONcode conformity.

Purpose:  Our purpose in developing this section of the Library is to organize selected materials in ways we think will facilitate the search for information and will support health professionals, caregivers, and other persons seeking to be involved in various aspects of promoting health, healing, and wholeness.

LivingWeb Medical and Healing Pages of our Website:

1. Our pages are offered by a Non-Medical Professional with absolutely no expertise in any medical field whatsoever.  We do not intend to provide any medical advice.   The webmaster is a pastor and a caregiver, without any certification in the fields of medicine or couseling, whose primary intention is to use the resources of this library in carrying out these responsibilities to parishoners, family, and friends.  We make these pages available to the public both to provide a repository for new information links and to share our resources. Our church operates a Free Health Clinic under the direction of a Certified Parish Nurse.  For more information see  Spence Chapel Free ClinicLIRIKS HOOBASTANK.
2. We respect, but have only limited knowledge of, applicable privacy laws.  We have no intention of posting any private materials, and if such are received they will be removed from public access and treated confidentially in accordance with the webmaster's role as a pastor with respect to the UMC Discipline, Paragraph 332.5:  "All clergy of The United Methodist Church are charged to maintain all confidences inviolate, including confessional confidences."
3. The Last Update Date appears at the bottom of each Medical Resource Page, together with the Link Verification date.
4. Nearly all information in the LivingWeb Medical Library consists of links to outside sources.  Our policy is to organize links in useful ways, and to open the pages outside of our frames in new windows so that users can clearly distinguish the source of the information they are viewing.  Any recommendations and assessments we make would be strictly non-medical, and pertaining to the pastoral role of the webmaster to encourage persons seeking information and advice to contact certified medical and counseling professionals.
5. The LivingWeb Library Home Page and the Webmaster Email Address links are displayed at the end of each page in the library.   The webmaster is Bill Lawson, PO Box 1613, Paducah, Kentucky, bill@livingweb.comLIRIKS HOOBASTANK

We currently have no outside funding sources or advertising, but we do hope to receive sponsorship and full funding at some point in the future.
6. Each page in the Medical Library section contains a clear link to this Medical Disclosure InformationLIRIKS HOOBASTANK page.

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