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online information and communications service provided by Rice Medical Center
and is subject to all of the terms and disclaimers below. Read them. In
accessing or using this site, you agree to all of the terms and disclaimers,
which are intended to be fully effective and binding upon Rice Medical Center
and site users.
Medical Information Disclaimer
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various medical and health care authorities. If you have any concerns
about specific information that appears on this site, please contact your
personal physician or other healthcare provider promptly regarding its
effect on your individual health. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS SITE
IS NOT INTENDED NOR IMPLIED TO BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL
ADVICE.
It is not the purpose
of this site to provide information as to self-management of a particular
disease or physical ailment. You should never ignore or neglect medical,
psychiatric, psychological, or behavioral health care advice because of
something you have read on this site. Nothing contained on the Rice Medical Center site is intended to be used for medical diagnosis or treatment
or as a substitute for consultation with a qualified health care professional.
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Information accessed through this site is provided "AS IS" and
without any warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. All implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular use or purpose
are hereby excluded. Rice Medical Center makes no warranties or representations
as to the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the content on this
site and Rice Medical Center assumes no liability or responsibility for any
errors or omissions in the content of the site.
Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall
Rice Medical Center, its members, affiliated entities and physicians, employees,
directors, agents, or any other parties involved in the creation, production
or delivery of the site, be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental,
special, consequential or punitive damages that result from the use of
this site.
Availability of Product or Service
Despite the fact that this site may be accessed from locations where Rice Medical Center does not do business, Rice Medical Center does not represent that it
is doing business in those locations, or that its services or products
will be available in any particular state, country or jurisdiction. This
site is not targeted to users in any particular locality. In accessing
this site you agree and understand that this site and anything contained
on this site will not be used to establish personal jurisdiction over
Rice Medical Center in locations where it is not currently doing business.
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for such users’ own personal use (and for such personal use only)
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retransmission or reprinting of all or part of any document or image found
on this site is expressly prohibited, unless Rice Medical Center has expressly
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the materials.
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on this site may not be used in any advertising or publicity, or otherwise
indicate Rice Medical Center’s sponsorship of or affiliation with any
product or service, without the express written permission of Rice Medical Center.
Resource Links Disclaimer
Rice Medical Center provides these links to other web sites solely as
a convenient service for users of the Rice Medical Center web site. Rice
Medical Center does not exercise control over the content of these sites
or any succeeding links, other than those established and maintained on
behalf of Rice Medical Center. The listing of these sites reflects neither
an endorsement nor recommendation by Rice Medical Center of any information
or opinions that may be found within them. Rice Medical Center urges users
to exercise diligence before following any guidance or recommendations
obtained online.
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