Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics

Perhaps Juho convince the reluctant…

There seems to be great confusion over the subject of anonymous blogging. Do you think that I should include a specific section supporting the idea of anonymous blogging? I think it is the section on credentials that scares people. I do not mean specifics regarding where you went to school, etc. […]

From the suggestions of Walter (thank you), I think changing the name to “Code of Ethics” is a good idea. Val said that she would get someone to replace the llama (I will miss him so), so I am waiting for that.
I would like to state clearly that a big part of the motivation […]

Do you think it is better to have a list (as I have done in my last post) of guidelines, or should we back up and look more at principles. Clark’s question got me thinking about this. Maybe we should give some basic principles that all bloggers (doctors, nurses, other medical professionals, patients) […]

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