MMR Usage and Disclaimer
Usage of the MMR implies agreement with the following terms and conditions. This document is subject to changes from time to time at the discretion of the editors of the MMR.
Background
The MMR is an independent and privately funded website which started in 1996 with the aim of putting in one place, links to all Malaysian Medical and Health websites. The MMR is not affiliated with, and does not specifically endorse any of the websites outside the medicine.com.my or malaysianmedicine.com domain. The MMR is not affiliated with the Malaysian Government or any NGO. We hope that this website will be of public service to those seeking information and links to Malaysian Medical hospitals, organisations and associations. The MMR is open to all members of the public as well as members of the medical profession.
Advertising Policy
The MMR is supported by advertising links from Google, Text-links and Nuffnang. The advertisements can be found in the Top bar, right Side bar, and at the top of each static page. The MMR blog posts themselves do not contain advertising material (if there are any sponsored posts, these will be clearly stated as such).
Please note that the MMR does not restrict what the Google Ad systems display which are determined by automated scripts.
The MMR is not affiliated with any of the advertising companies/websites and does not specifically endorse any product advertised.
Content, Documentation and References
Since the beginning of 2004, the MMR has been designed to be a blog site with posts by Malaysian medical practitioners. Blog posting reflect solely the opinions of the respective authors.
Where external sites are quoted, these will be hyperlinked as references.
References to journals or publications will be quoted as far as possible.
Reader comments and feedback
We welcome feedback and you can either use the Commenting system for each post or send us Feedback. We request that comments made be relevant to the topic posted. We reserve the right to edit/delete any comments we deem not suitable if they are irrelevant, off-topic, contain defamatory, racist, inflammatory remarks, nasty comments or any personal attacks. Users who make such comments may be banned without warning from using the MMR at the discretion of the owners of this blog/website. If you wish to make comments which are not related to the blog topic, please use the MMR Forums for this purpose. In order to curtail Spam, Registration with the MMR is required in order to Comment . A real-time Shoutbox is now available for you to also post your General comments or Queries. Registration with the MMR is also required in order to use the Shoutbox. The same rules regarding decent posts and courtesy apply to the Shoutbox as well.
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A note about registration:
You will be emailed a password when you register. Occasionally your system may put this email in the Bulk or Spam folder so please check there in case you don’t receive it in your Inbox.
After you Login, you can go to the User panel and change the password.
In case you still have problems, you can send us Feedback.
Doctors who are also registered with the Dobbs Forum may be upgraded to Contributor status if you wish to be a co-Blogger on the MMR. You can submit posts in draft form and these will be reviewed for posting. Regular posters will be upgraded further to a higher level where you can post by yourself. Those who submit 5 or more articles to the MMR will be entitled (subject to availability – currently about 100 users) to a free POP/IMAP email address with the medicine.com.my domain. You also will get to use this as a Webmail and there are features such as mail forwarding, filters and vacation messages.
Just send us Feedback if you wish to be a Co-Blogger.
Privacy Policy and Disclaimer
The MMR is not meant to provide specific medical consultation or treatment advice to patients. You instead are advised to seek your own doctor for these purposes. Any information you obtain from the MMR should be considered for educational purposes only. The MMR does not solicit or share any patient information with anyone. Any email addresses or individual contact information that you provide in your registration or feedback is not collected or given to anyone or any organisation. We are unable to provide individual emailed replies to your feedback and instead, replies (whenever possible) will be posted as Feedback, without displaying your email address.
Last updated Oct 24, 2010
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