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Terms of Use
These are the terms on which The Good Neighbor Journal is published and on which you read it. Most of what follows says the same thing in different ways: this is a newspaper, it is written for a general reader, and it is not a doctor. The rest is the ordinary furniture that any publication has to put in writing.
In these Terms, the Journal, we, our and us mean The Good Neighbor Journal, the publisher of the website at goodneighborjournal.com, which we call the Site. You means anyone who reads the Site or writes to us.
Accepting these terms
By reading the Site or writing to us, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree to them, the remedy is straightforward: close the page. Nothing here obliges you to stay, and nothing here costs you anything.
The Site is intended for adults, and for readers sixty and over in particular. By using it you confirm you are at least eighteen years old and able to agree to terms of this kind. These Terms work alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains what we know about you and what we do with it.
What this publication is
The Journal is an independent editorial publication. What we print — articles, editor's notes, replies to letters — is general information for a general reader, written to explain how something ordinarily works and which questions are worth taking to an appointment.
We are not a medical practice, a clinic, a pharmacy or a healthcare provider of any kind. We employ no physicians, we hold no clinical qualifications, and we provide no medical services. We sell nothing and recommend no purchase. The editor is an editor, which is a different job from the one your doctor does.
We write carefully and correct ourselves in public when we get something wrong, but we cannot promise that every sentence on a Site of this size is complete, current or right for your circumstances. Health information moves on; a piece written this year may read differently in three years. If something here matters to you, it is worth confirming with your own physician, who has the one thing we will never have, which is knowledge of you.
Nothing here is medical advice
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Nothing on this Site is medical advice, a diagnosis, or a treatment plan, and nothing on it is a substitute for care from a qualified, licensed healthcare professional who has examined you and knows your history. Always seek your physician's advice with any question about a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice, and never delay seeking it, because of something you have read here. If you believe you may be having a medical emergency, call your local emergency services immediately — in the United States, 911.
We do not tell readers to start, stop, or change anything they are doing on a physician's instructions. We do not claim that anything cures, treats, prevents or reverses any disease, and if you ever read a sentence here that sounds like such a claim, treat it as an error and write to us so we can correct it.
Where a reader's experience appears in these pages, it is that person's own account of their own life. It is not evidence, it is not a typical result, and it is not a suggestion that the same thing would happen to anyone else. We make no guarantee, warranty or representation of any particular outcome for any reader.
No doctor–patient relationship
Reading the Journal does not create a doctor–patient relationship, a clinical relationship, or a professional relationship of any kind between you and the Journal, its editor, or anyone who writes for it. Neither does writing to us, and neither does our writing back.
We cannot and will not answer a personal medical question. If you send us one, our honest reply will be to point you at your own doctor, because that is the only correct answer we are in a position to give. Please do not treat a reply from this office as a second opinion, and please do not delay an appointment while you wait for one.
What belongs to whom
The articles, text, headlines, photographs, layout and the design of the Site itself are owned by or licensed to the Journal and are protected by United States and international copyright and trademark law. The name The Good Neighbor Journal and the nameplate belong to us.
You are welcome to read the Site, to save a page for your own reference, and to print articles for personal, non-commercial use. Printing a piece and taking it to an appointment is the use we like best, and we have no objection to your handing a copy to a friend or a family member.
Beyond that, please ask. Republishing, redistributing, systematically copying or scraping the Site, or making derivative works from it, requires our written permission. Short quotations with credit and a link back are fine without asking, as they always have been between publications.
How the Site may be used
You agree not to do any of the following:
- Use the Site for an unlawful purpose, or in breach of these Terms.
- Try to gain unauthorized access to the Site, its host, or any related system or account.
- Interfere with the Site's operation, or place an unreasonable load on it — automated crawling for bulk copying included.
- Send us anything false, misleading or fraudulent, or impersonate another person in correspondence.
- Transmit malicious software, spam, or harmful content of any kind through our contact channels.
- Remove or obscure any copyright notice, byline or attribution on material taken from the Site.
- Present material from the Site as medical advice, or use it to promote any product, remedy, treatment or service.
We may restrict access to anyone who does these things, without notice and without owing an explanation.
Links to other places
The Site may link to other websites and publications. We do not control them, we do not check them continuously, and we are not responsible for their content, their accuracy, their security or their privacy practices. A link is a signpost, not an endorsement, and it is certainly not a recommendation to buy or take anything you might find at the other end. Once you leave this Site, that site's terms govern, not ours.
Disclaimer of warranties
THE SITE AND EVERYTHING ON IT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ACCURACY, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SUCH WARRANTIES CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
In plainer words: we do not promise the Site will always be available, always be free of faults, or always be free of things that could harm a computer, and we do not promise that every piece of information on it is complete, current or suited to your situation. Some states do not allow certain warranties to be excluded, so parts of this section may not apply to you.
Limitation of liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER THE JOURNAL NOR ITS EDITORS, WRITERS, CONTRIBUTORS OR SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF (a) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE; (b) ANY DECISION YOU TAKE ON THE BASIS OF ANYTHING PUBLISHED HERE; OR (c) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR INFORMATION.
Our total liability arising out of these Terms or your use of the Site, taken together, will not exceed one hundred United States dollars ($100.00). Nothing in these Terms excludes liability for fraud, or for any other liability that the law does not permit us to exclude.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Journal and its editors, writers and contributors from any claim, damage, loss, liability, cost or expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of your breach of these Terms, your misuse of the Site, or your infringement of anyone's rights.
Governing law and venue
These Terms, and any dispute arising out of them or out of your use of the Site, are governed by the laws of the State of [REPLACE: governing state] and the federal laws of the United States that apply there, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.
You and the Journal agree that the state and federal courts located in [REPLACE: governing state] have exclusive jurisdiction over any such dispute, and each of us consents to the personal jurisdiction of those courts and waives any objection based on inconvenient forum. If you are a consumer resident elsewhere and the law of your own home gives you the right to bring a claim there, this section does not take that right away from you.
Severability
If a court finds any part of these Terms invalid or unenforceable, that part is to be limited or removed to the smallest extent necessary, and the rest of the Terms continue in full force. If we do not enforce a provision on one occasion, that is not a waiver of it on any other.
Changes to these terms
We may revise these Terms from time to time. The current version always lives on this page, with the effective date at the top. A material change takes effect fifteen days after it is posted, unless the law requires it to take effect sooner. Reading the Site after a change means you accept the revised Terms; if you do not, please stop using the Site.
Getting in touch
Questions about these Terms, requests for permission to republish, and corrections all go to the same place:
The Good Neighbor Journal
[REPLACE: street address, city, state, ZIP]
hello@goodneighborjournal.com
Corrections are the letters we read first. More on writing to us is on the contact page.
A note on what this paper is
The Good Neighbor Journal is an independent publication. It sells nothing, diagnoses nothing, and has no clinical staff. Nothing published here is medical advice or a substitute for care from a licensed physician who knows your history. If something about your health has changed, speak to your own doctor. In an emergency in the United States, call 911.