Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

Welcome to the Fetal Treatment Center, a web site operated and managed by the Kids “N” Moms Foundation and managed jointly with the UCSF Medical Center. Please read this visitor agreement. As our web site evolves, we may change the contents of this site and modify the terms of this agreement. By visiting our site, you agree to abide by the terms of this user agreement.

Use of this Information

The information on this site is for educational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for medical treatment by a health care professional. This site provides information about the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center and how to access our physicians, facilities and services. Because of your individual needs, you should consult your personal physician to determine the appropriateness of the information for your situation.  Nothing contained in the service is intended to be or will be used by you for medical diagnosis or treatment. You should understand that you should never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking treatment based on the information contained in the service.

Confidentiality and Privacy

We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors. However, due to the nature of Internet communications, it may be necessary for system support personnel to view communications and logs of activities as a part of their responsibilities. We may gather information to monitor our effectiveness in providing health information, to answer consumer questions, and to improve the site. This regular monitoring does not provide us with personal information such as names or addresses of users. Only non-confidential and non-proprietary information should be transmitted to the site by electronic mail or otherwise.

The Fetal Treatment Center website contains forms through which users can contact us for information. Any information that you supply may be used by us to review your situation and contact you for follow-up. None of your information (including email addresses, personal and medical information) will be given to any outside organization for any reason, except where we may be required to by law.

Accuracy and Completeness

Due to constant advances in technology and medicine, you are encouraged to confirm the information on our site with other reliable sources. Corrections and additions will be made as allowed by the availability of time and resources.

Although care has been taken in preparing the information contained in this site, all material that is provided here or could be reached by using this as a starting point is supplied "AS IS" without warranty of quality or accuracy of any kind. Neither the Kids “N” Moms Foundation nor the Regents of the University of California, UCSF Medical Center nor any author contributing to this site is responsible for any errors or omissions in any information provided or the results obtained from the use of such information.

Our health-related information is derived from The Fetal Treatment Center team of experts and other UCSF Medical Center physicians and health experts. Health-related information posted on the site has been reviewed and approved by our physicians.

The views and opinions of the document authors do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Kids “N” Moms Foundation nor the Regents of the University of California, UCSF Medical Center or its affiliates.

You understand and agree that the use of this service is entirely at your own risk. In no event shall the provider be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, punitive; or any other monetary or other damages, fees, penalties, or liabilities arising out of or relating in any way to this service, or sites accessed through this service, and/or content or information provided herein. A user’s sole and exclusive remedy for dissatisfaction with the service is to stop using this service.

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Links to Other Sites

Links to other websites are provided as a service to our users and do not imply endorsement by the Kids “N” Moms Foundation, The Fetal Treatment Center nor the UCSF Medical Center. The Kids “N” Moms foundation is not responsible for the content of these websites.

The Kids “N” Moms Foundation does not assume responsibility and shall not be liable for any damages to or any viruses that may infect your computer equipment or software because of your access, use of, or browsing in this or any other site.

Legal Compliance

You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material, any proprietary information belonging to others, or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law.

In the course of monitoring individuals improperly using this system or in the course of system administration, the activities of authorized users also may be monitored. Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised that if such monitoring reveals possible evidence of unlawful or criminal activity, The Kids “N” Moms Foundation or UCSF Medical Center may provide the evidence from such monitoring to law enforcement officials or the administrators of systems providing the user’s services.

Copyright

You should assume that everything you see or read on this site is copyrighted by the Kids “N” Moms Foundation or others unless otherwise noted. You may download material from the site for non-commercial, personal use as long as you also retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials. You may not use, modify, make multiple copies of, distribute or transmit the contents of the site for any public or commercial purposes without the written permission of Kids “N” Moms Foundation.

Funding

This site is made possible by funding from the non-profit Kids “N” Moms Foundation. We do not host or receive funding from advertising.