Links

International Lymphoedema Framework – our parent organisation on which much more information may be found about us and lymphœdema.

We are not responsible for the content of external sites, but we list some of them here in the hope that you will find them helpful.

• List of links
• Institute of Applied Dermatology

Our policy

In providing the links above we have been guided by the following principles:

• Accuracy
  Lymphœdema is a complex condition and associated with many co-morbidities. Our understanding of the underlying causes is not complete, and the comparative efficacies of the treatments presently available not yet exhaustively nor comprehensively studied. With this in mind the accuracy of information available in any forum, including this one will limited by our present understanding, and may change as research progresses.
• Impartiality and Diversity of Opinion
  The limited understanding of lymphœdema to which we have alluded necessarily means that whilst there may be some general agreement, perhaps even a consensus, there may be those who take a different view or have a different understanding than we on this site, We are aware that a lack of knowledge is incomplete knowledge and without full knowledge we cannot with full assurance say that those with whom we would not agree are wrong, though we believe that they are, therefore in the interests of impartiality and presenting a diversity of opinions, you may find that the links contain some views with which we do not agree.
• Harm and Offence
  We do not intend to provide links to sites which intentionally use language or promote activities which would cause harm or offence. This must be understood in the context of the Hippocratic oath: Do no harm. Surgery, which may be mentioned in links, is in the first instance harmful, but is performed with the intention of doing good to and for the patient.
• Re-use and Reversioning
  We may have provided a link to an external site rather than reproducing the same material on our site. Where this has taken place, it is likely that there will other links elsewhere in our pages to that site. These sites are noted in the list above.
• Independence from External Interests
  In order to maintain our independence from external interests, whilst we are prepared to accept grants, these grants must be unconditional donations to provide for the maintenance of the site. Any surplus arising will be held by the ILF for future costs whilst this site exists or the general purposes of the ILF who underwrite the costs of the site should the site close. We will not provide links to market places for the purchase or sale of commercial products.
• External Relationships and Financing
  We have not received any payment for the inclusion of any of the links provided here. Where we have received funding, the organisations who have provided that funding will be found listed on our sponsors’ page. Exceptionally, if a link has have been provided here to a page the owner of which subsequently becomes a sponsor, that fact will be noted on this page, if we consider that it is still appropriate to include the link here.

The presence of a link to an external site on this page does not mean that we agree with or endorse the views expressed on that external site.

If you find the material on any of the linked sites which you believe is unhelpful, inaccurate or misleading then the proper place for speaking about that is with the editors of that site and not with us as we are not responsible for the content of those sites. The discussion about their content should be on their site not ours. If you wish to draw this to our attention then please use the contact form here to do so. It may be that we need to address the issue you raise here in an appropriate way.