	2.0 How to judge:

		2.1 Trust and reputation 2.2 Who produced the site 2.3 Purpose of the site 2.4 Funding sources 2.5 Date 2.6 How the information is written 2.7 Descriptions of conditions and treatments 2.8 Medical research 2.9 Personal experiences 2.10 Foreign sites 2.11 Communication 2.12 Links 2.13 Disclaimers 2.14 Kitemarks 2.15 Design 2.16 Interactive facilities 2.17 Other quality guidelines

2.0 How to judge the quality of a Web site

This section lists the things to look for that will help you judge if a Web site is of good quality.

The contents of this section are listed below.

Trust and reputation
Who produced the site
Purpose of the site
Funding sources
Date
How the information is written
Descriptions of conditions and treatments
Medical research
Personal experiences
Foreign sites
Communication
Links
Disclaimers
Kitemarks
Design
Interactive facilities, for example e-mail lists, bulletin boards, chat rooms
Other guidelines

Quality and usefulness are not the same thing. A site may be of good quality but not contain any information that is useful to you at the moment.

The general principles in this section will help you decide if a site is of good quality or not. However decisions on usefulness are personal.

Summary leaflet for printing or downloading

A summary leaflet is available on the Print or download the guidelines page. You can obtain a copy for your own use, or make copies to handout to other people.

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