The Healthcare Blogger Code of Ethics was made so that medical bloggers could give a clear statement of their blog\’s ethic. It was brought up that there are people who are not healthcare workers who wanted to stand behind the code but did not want to portray themselves as medical bloggers, so the Patient Blogger …
Clear representation of perspective – readers must understand the training and overall perspective of the author of a blog. Certainly bloggers can have opinions on subjects outside of their training, and these opinions may be true, but readers must have a place to look on a blog to get an idea of where this author …
In response to the current hullabaloo about bloggers disappearing, I propose a code of conduct for medical bloggers. While I like the idea of the HON code (and am still working on becoming certified), I want something less aimed at medical content sites (sites that give advice to non-medical people) and more focused on medical …
