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This Site and
the Services Provided Here Is Not Medical Advice
The COPD-International Web Site and the
services provided here are
for your general informational purposes only, and not for
specific medical advice. Consult with a qualified physician for
diagnosis and professional medical treatment.
The Web site, e-mail list(s) server, message boards and chat
rooms are provided as information resources only with the goal
of helping to provide you with the knowledge to help you make
more informed choices and to help you work more effectively with
your primary, health care providers.
Our goal is to provide you with an additional source of
information and support. We do not judge the effectiveness, or
even the validity of any therapy, practice, product or service.
The information and guidance provided within this Web site
should never be interpreted as a diagnosis, treatment plan or
any other form of professional service.
We are not responsible for any information provided by any
person (registered or unregistered) posting to the message
boards, including members, new members, administrators,
responders and moderators. The opinions provided by them are
based on their personal, individual thoughts, experiences and
knowledge. Please evaluate their information accordingly.
We are not responsible for any information provided by any
person in the chat rooms. These rooms are unmonitored for
content accuracy, and are provided as a source for exchanging
individual questions, experiences and opinions. Our hosts and
program coordinators, when present, are there to encourage
participation and the exchange of ideas among the participants.
The opinions provided by hosts, program coordinators and
participants are based on their thoughts, experiences and
knowledge. Please evaluate their information accordingly.
Information provided in e-mail, both personal as well as through
the specific list servers, is based on the opinions of the
individual participants based on their own thoughts, experiences
and knowledge.
The data as presented in the various communities, forums,
programs and the Library area has been compiled from a
wide-range of resources. We can not judge the validity,
completeness, accuracy or the timeliness of all this
information. It is provided as a starting point for assisting
you in gaining the desired knowledge. All information provided
should be judged accordingly, and discussed with a qualified
health care professional before any remedy, treatment or therapy
is started.
Professional opinions, if expressed by any individual, must also
be judged by you as that, namely opinions. Although based
on a potentially higher-knowledge base, the opinions,
information and advice provided should be acted upon only after
consulting with your own personal health care provider.
Nothing in this Web site should replace the knowledge and services
of a qualified health care provider, however, you can and should
be empowered though knowledge to have a major role in the
selection of medical treatment options.
