Terms Of Use
1. Copyright, Copying, and Trademark
The entire Center for Women’s Health website is protected by copyright. Certain articles or materials within the website are also separately copyrighted by the Center for Women’s Health as indicated. All rights reserved. If you find these materials useful, you may download, print out, or send a copy to others so long as each copy indicates the appropriate copyright notice and is used only for personal use. It is expressly prohibited, however, to reprint or electronically reproduce any text, document, graphic, audio, or visual material for bulk or commercial use. For special copyright permissions, or to purchase Center for Women’s Health publications and pamphlets, please write to: Center for Women’s Health, 4840 College Boulevard or email: info@hodesnauser.com.
2. Information Obtained Through The Center for Women’s Health Website Does Not Constitute Medical, Legal, or Other Professional Advice
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS CENTER FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH WEBSITE OR TRANSMITTED TO YOU ELECTRONICALLY IN RESPONSE TO A MESSAGE FROM YOU IS NOT INTENDED NOR IMPLIED TO CONSTITUTE MEDICAL ADVICE, DIAGNOSIS, OR TREATMENT. ALWAYS VISIT OR SPEAK TO A QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL IN PERSON PRIOR TO STARTING ANY NEW TREATMENT OR WITH ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING A MEDICAL CONDITION. THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PRACTICE MEDICINE OR DISPENSE MEDICAL ADVICE AS PART OF THIS SERVICE. NEITHER THE CENTER FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH NOR ITS AGENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVERSE CLINICAL OUTCOMES THAT MIGHT OCCUR WHERE THEY ARE NOT EXPRESSLY AND DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE ROLE OF PRIMARY CAREGIVER.
IN ADDITION, NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS WEBSITE IS INTENDED TO BE OR CONSTITUTES LEGAL ADVICE, AND USERS SHOULD ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF AN APPROPRIATE ATTORNEY OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL REGARDING INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OF A LEGAL OR PROFESSIONAL NATURE. LAWS GOVERNING ABORTION, INFORMED CONSENT, AND MEDICAL MALPRACTICE VARY AMONG STATES. THE MATERIALS IN THIS WEBSITE ARE STRICTLY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND DO NOT CONSTITUTE LEGAL ADVICE OR REPRESENTATION.
3. Disclaimer of Warranty and Liability
THE CENTER FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, DECISION MADE, OR ACTION TAKEN IN RELIANCE UPON INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE WEBSITE OR ANY OTHER INTERNET SITES LINKED TO IT IN ANY WAY. THE CENTER FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH DOES NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR RISK FOR YOUR USE OF THE CENTER FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH WEBSITE OR THE INTERNET.
Furthermore, the Center for Women’s Health disclaims all warranties and conditions, either express, implied or statutory, including, but not limited to, any implied warranties, duties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, of accuracy or completeness of responses, of result, or lack of viruses, and lack of negligence in connection with this website or other websites accessed by “hyperlink.”
In no event shall the Center for Women’s Health be liable for any injury, loss, claim, damage, or any incidental or consequential damages arising either directly or indirectly out of or in any way connected with the Center for Women’s Health website, or any failure or delay in updating or including any materials on the Center for Women’s Health website, or any use of or inability to use any materials on the Center for Women’s Health website, even if the Center for Women’s Health has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
4. Waiver of Responsibility for Defective or Contaminated Materials
Although the Center for Women’s Health makes every effort to ensure the correctness of data, the Center for Women’s Health disclaims responsibility for any errors or omissions, such as unintended technical inaccuracies or typographical errors, in the materials. The Center for Women’s Health cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading through the service will be free of “infection” or “viruses,” “worms,” “Trojan horses,” or other code that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. Users are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy their particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to the Center for Women’s Health website for the reconstruction of any lost data. Use of the Center for Women’s Health website and the internet generally is at the User’s own risk.
5. Legal Actions
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Kansas, U.S.A, and you agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of the state of Kansas. In the event that any portion of these terms and conditions is deemed by a court to be invalid, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to this website, or the use of this website, must be filed within one year after such claim or cause of action arose and must be filed in a court in the state of Kansas, U.S.A.
6. User Rules
In order to maintain an informative and valuable service that meets the needs of the viewers and avoids harm to others, it is necessary to establish and for you to follow these User Rules:
a. THE USER MAY DOWNLOAD, PRINT, OR TRANSMIT INFORMATION FROM THE CENTER FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH WEBSITE FOR PERSONAL, PRIVATE USE. HOWEVER, THE USER MUST MAKE SURE THAT PROPER COPYRIGHT NOTICE IS AFFIXED TO EACH COPY TRANSMITTED OR PRINTED AND IN NO CASE MAY THE MATERIALS BE REPRODUCED IN BULK OR FOR COMMERCIAL USE WITHOUT EXPRESS, WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM:
Center for Women’s Health
Herbert C. Hodes, M.D.
Traci L. Nauser, M.D.
Colleen O’Donnell, RN-C
4840 College Boulevard
Overland Park, KS 66211-1601
(913) 491-6878 (24 hrs)
(800) 733-2404 (KS & MO)
http://www.hodesnauser.com
b. Users may not post or transmit any message that is libelous or defamatory, or violates any other person’s copyrights, privacy rights, trademarks, trade secrets, or rights in other confidential information. The User indemnifies the Center for Women’s Health for any and all damages suffered by third parties as a result of the User’s violation of this term.
c. Users may not post or transmit any message, data, image, or program with the intent to threaten the safety of others and/or with the effect of causing a reasonable person to perceive a threat to his or her safety.
d. It is not the intent to discourage Users from taking controversial positions or expressing vigorously what may be unpopular views; however, the Center for Women’s Health reserves the right to take such action as it deems appropriate in cases where the Center for Women’s Health website is inappropriately used to disseminate statements or materials that are reasonably construed as abusive, destructive, harmful, or threatening to the safety of others.
e. Users may not interfere with other Users’ use of the Center for Women’s Health website, including, without limitation, disrupting the normal flow or use of the service.
f. Users may not post or transmit any file which contains “viruses,” “worms,” “Trojan horse” or any other contaminating or destructive features.
g. It is our general policy to protect the privacy of the persons transmitting any messages to the Center for Women’s Health. However, the Center for Women’s Health reserves the right to reproduce and distribute part or all of a message without any compensation to the User so long as any identifying information is deleted.
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