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This page in a nutshell: Wikipedia articles should not include specific information that can involuntarily influence the health or health care of the reader. |
Wikipedia should provide information in ways that both promotes and preserves the reader's ability to make informed choices. Unfortunately, some information, by their nature, have involuntarily health consequences that infringe on a reader's choice. This infringement can occur both indirectly via the reader's protected relationship with a medical professional, and directly by the mere act of reading Wikipedia. Examples follow: