ADMINISTRATORS' ADVISORY NOTE: COMMUNITY GUIDELINES. All Forum Members please read...

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All.

Please can we draw your attention to the following terms and conditions relating to the use of the Health Unlocked PAS Forum:

Community Atmosphere

Your participation on HealthUnlocked should be with respect, honesty, and in the spirit of supporting and learning from your fellow users.

HealthUnlocked is not a forum to create negative impressions about identifiable individuals. Negative and damaging references to identifiable individuals may be edited or deleted either by HealthUnlocked or by a community administrator. We hope that users will respect the right of other members to present their individual health experiences, regardless of whether or not they are in agreement, and that all disagreements will be expressed considerately.

This is a patient to patient forum and no one, including the Administrators In this community should be assumed to have medical training of any sort. Everyone is speaking from their own experience, that of friends/family or other people they may have spoken to.

Just because something worked for you, this categorically does not mean that it will work for everyone. Please remember this when you post.

Everyone is entitled to have their opinions listened to and respected. This does not mean that everyone has to agree with them. Please keep arguing to a minimum and personal attacks should be avoided at all costs.

Please be advised that the Administrators reserve the right to edit, delete, or comment on any posts or replies that do not conform to these Community guidelines. An explanation may (or may not) be provided.

Administrators reserve the right to close a thread to comments and editing or restrict a members' access to the forum. An explanation may be provided via comment on a thread or by personal message.

Forum Administrators reserve the right to act as sole arbiters in the interpretation of meaning as expressed through and by terminology, phraseology, and language use.

Guidelines for using the HU PAS Forum

1.1: By posting on the Health Unlocked PAS forum you agree, in addition to the above, to the following additional terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these conditions, please do not post on the HU PAS Forum.

1.2: The Pernicious Anaemia Society reserves the right to change these terms and conditions at any time.

1.3: You must be over 16 to post on the HU Forum. If you are under 16 a parent, guardian or responsible adult will need to join on your behalf.

1.4: Opinions expressed in the HU Forum are the users’ own, not those of The Pernicious Anaemia Society, and should not be considered to be a substitute for medical advice. You should consult a qualified medical practitioner if you have any concerns over managing your own health.

1.5: The PAS cannot be held responsible for the content of 'private messages' or the outcome of any action taken as a result of any such message. The messaging system is private, cannot be accessed by the Administrators, and any advice exchanged there is unmoderated and thus not subject to forum scrutiny, challenge, and associated safeguarding functions.

1.6: If members choose to make contact via mail, telephone or in person, the PAS cannot be held responsible for the outcome.

1.7: Any post, post title or comment considered to be advertising or of a promotional nature will be edited or removed at the discretion of the Administrators. The poster may or may not be notified.

1.8: Any post or comment which appears to be asking for money or soliciting 'friendship' outside of the forum will be deleted and the poster's membership of the forum restricted.

1.9: It is not permissible to post offers to sell, exchange or give away unwanted medications or over the counter supplements. Some people may have adverse reactions to the ingredients and you may be held accountable. Similarity, do not post requests for medications or over the counter supplements from others.

1.10: It is not permissable to issue advice about dosages for over the counter oral vitamin and mineral supplements. This is for your own protection. Dose is unique to each individual, ingredients may cause reactions in some and you may be held accountable and liable for any potential harm suffered.

1.11: It is not permissible to offer advice about suppliers or brands for over the counter oral vitamin or mineral supplements. This is for your own protection. The 100% RDA and excipient content vary widely and in cases of potential over supplementation or reaction to excipients, you may be held accountable and liable.

1.12: It is not permissible to name or shame identifiable individuals, including other forum members, members of the administration team, or members of other HU fora. Names/comments will be edited and/or deleted at the discretion of the Administrators.

1.13: Decisions made by the Administration team should be respected and not open to discussion or interpretation in the open forum or by administrators or members of other groups.

1.14: All content can be read, used, reproduced and cited by all for non-commercial purposes.

1.15: The Pernicious Anaemia Society’s HU Forum is for debate and discussion. It is not a suitable place to obtain medical advice.

1.16: The HU Forum is not exclusive to members of the Pernicious Anaemia Society and is operated by an independent limited company and therefore will be open to individuals who are not members of the Pernicious Anaemia Society. The Pernicious Anaemia Society cannot be held responsible for the actions of any poster be they members of the Pernicious Anaemia Society or not.

1.17: By posting in the HU PAS Forum you agree to the terms and conditions of the forum.

2. By registering with and posting on the HU PAS Forum you AGREE to:

2.1: Keep your messages civil, tasteful and relevant.

2.2: Maintain respect for other people.

2.3. Adhere to copyright guidelines by obtaining the permission from the author of a document prior to posting in the forum.

2.4: Show a clear distinction between personal experience/opinion and evidence based information. Evidence or information from other sources should be placed in quotation marks or italicised so as to make the distinction clear. Any such extracts should not be extensive and adhere to copyright guidelines.

2.5: When posting links to other evidence or information, provide a brief explanation of what members can expect to find there (links without such introduction/explanation may be deleted).

2.6: Use only one account to access these message boards – users creating multiple accounts will be suspended.

3. By registering with and posting on the HU PAS Forum you agree NOT to:

3.1: Use obscenity or insults – including in usernames and signatures.

3.2: ‘Flame’ or attack people individually.

3.3: Make derogatory comments about other HealthUnlocked groups, members or Administrators' of those groups.

3.4 Breach copyright rules by placing documents or large excerpts from documents or other sources on the forum (excepting where prior permission has been obtained from the author or where this does not breach copyright).

3.6: Name specific medical practitioners or post derogatory comments about specific medical professionals in your posts.

3.7: Publish email addresses or phone numbers in posts.

3.8: Allow other people to post to the forum using your account.

3.9: Post messages advertising commercial products or services.

3.10: Post details of products via affiliated links that engender referral fees.

3.11: Use the private messaging service to send abusive messages to other forum users.

3.12: Place links to other websites in your signature unless you ensure that the linked to website also links back to pernicious-anaemia-society.org.

3.13: Produce posts or replies in the forum for the sole purpose of soliciting members to other websites or forums either via posts or the private message/chat system.

3.14: Solicit members to other websites or forums for your own purposes either via posts or the private message/chat system.

3.15: Make unlawful, harassing, defamatory, explicit, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, racially offensive comments or post otherwise objectionable material. This is not acceptable and will be removed.

4: These Terms shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with English law. By using the Pernicious Anaemia Society sites, you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in respect of all matters or disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms of this website.

Again, the Administrators reserve the right to edit, delete, or comment on any posts or replies that do not conform to these PAS Guidlines for the use of this forum. Forum Administrators reserve the right to act as sole arbiters in the interpretation of meaning as expressed through and by terminology, phraseology, and language use.

[Note: there are additional terms and conditions on the PAS website. Please take a moment to read through more information at this link: pernicious-anaemia-society.... ]

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Thanks all.

Last updated 31.12.2019