Judge: web sites for health - support group guidelines - how to produce

	1.0 How to produce:

		1.1 Trust and reputation 1.2 Details of the organisation 1.3 Purpose of the organisation 1.4 Associated organisations 1.5 Funding sources 1.6 The way the information is written 1.7 Non-English language material 1.8 Descriptions of conditions and treatments 1.9 Medical research 1.10 Personal experiences 1.11 Communication 1.12 Links to other sites 1.13 Data protection 1.14 Copyright 1.15 Terms and conditions 1.16 Disclaimers 1.17 Kitemarks 1.18 Advertising 1.19 Interactive facilities 1.20 Other quality guidelines

1.1 Trust and reputation

In normal life we make judgements based on our trust in an organisation or an individual. This is true of Web sites too.

Organisations need to be clear and honest about who they are, what their purpose is and who funds and sponsors them.

Give details of any standards or principles that you follow when you produce your site, for example:

the Health On the Net Foundation Code of Conduct (HONcode) (http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Conduct.html) [Opens in new browser window]
HON is a not-for-profit International Swiss Organisation. It has produced a set of eight ethical principles, the HONcode, that Web site producers should abide by. However it does not rate the quality of the information provided by a Web site.

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