[WikiEN-l] Docs look to Wikipedia for condition info: Manhattan Research

[Nathan]

The questions of liability and encyclopedic nature are really tangential to
the core reasons for the guideline. The text of the guideline and
discussions about it have generally made no reference to whether the
material is encyclopedic or whether legal ramifications exist for having the
wrong information. Since many of the editors of drug information have some
connection to the health care industry, whether as physicians or nurses or
etc., the focus has understandably been about the potential for harming
people who use incorrect information or misuse correct information. I
haven't seen this problem adequately addressed here; it's roughly analogous
to why we don't include instructions on how to make bombs. A specialist
encyclopedia of explosives and ordnance might include information on how
such weapons are built, but we don't. Similarly, medical references include
information on lethal dosages and dangerous applications for drugs, but we
don't.

Nathan