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Publication details:

NetDoctor.co.uk is a collaboration between committed doctors, health care professionals, information specialists and patients who A commercial portal site to health information for patients. Netdoctor "believe that medical practice should be based on quality-assessed information and, wherever possible, on the basis of the principles of evidence-based medicine."

Our assessors examined this page and made the following comments:

Reliability comments:

  • Although the Erectile Dysfunction sub-site is sponsored by a manufacturer, the relationship appears to be transparent
  • The quality control process does not report systematic literature searching and review

Usability comments:

  • This site does not conform to accessibility standards and does not work in the Firefox web browser
  • The site contains specialist sub-sections, which are not always clearly signposted. Some of the pages have poor readability