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Site Content
The articles on PatCarroll.net are written by Patricia Carroll, RN-BC, MS, RRT. She is a registered respiratory therapist (RRT) and a registered nurse (RN).
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Intended Audience & Purpose of Content
This Web site is designed as a professional portfolio site for Patricia Carroll. It is not intended as a site with content for the general public to learn about health issues. If you do not have a primary health care provider, we urge you to seek out a primary care provider in your community who will know you personally and can advise you about your health concerns. You should check with a qualified health care provider who knows your health history before you:
- Change any medication you take or treatment(s) you are receiving
- Stop any medication you have been advised to take or medication that has been prescribed for you
- Start a new medication or treatment
Recommendations made in articles on this Web site are intended as demonstrations of writing for general information purposes. We cannot make any personal recommendations since we do not have your personal health history nor have we examined you. You should never disregard advice you have received from your health care provider or delay seeking treatment or advice because of something you have read on this site. If you use information from this Web site to change your medication regimen or treatment plan without advice from your personal health care provider, you do so at your own risk.
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Confidentiality
We do not collect identifiable personal information from site visitors. Our Web monitoring software tells us the domain from which visitors come, such as google.com or comcast.net. While we know which pages are viewed most often, we do not know who visits any particular page. If you provide your e-mail address via a form on this Web site, your e-mail address will not be sold, rented, leased, loaned, bartered, made public or shared with anyone or any company. If you send an e-mail through the contact form, we may use your personal information to respond to your questions or comments. Your message and the reply provided to you will either be archived electronically, we may file your comments for future reference, or we may discard the information after we have reviewed it. Your information will not be made public or provided to a third party without your express permission. If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy, please tell us.
Attribution / Authorship
Posts are written by Patricia Carroll, RN-BC, MS, RRT. If no references are provided in a particular article, the content is based on her knowledge and experience as a health care professional. Every effort will be made to provide balanced information about treatments, products, or commercial services mentioned in the site’s content. If you believe we have not been as balanced as we could be, please send us a message and let us know how we can do better.
Funding
This site is provided by Patricia Carroll, who is responsible for funding and site maintenance. She does not accept advertising to support this Web site.
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