Respiratory Care and the Cochrane Collaboration

The International Cochrane Collaboration.

Introduction If we are asked how effective mefloquine is in preventing malaria, our response might tell our questioner a lot about how we learn about the world around us, how we assimilate that knowledge and experience, and how it influences our subsequent decision making and action. Thirty years ago, Archie Cochrane drew attention to the haphazard way in which the research evidence about the e...

[The Cochrane collaboration and the Cochrane library in urology].

The Cochrane Collaboration is an international, non-profit making organisation which aims to help people make well-informed health care decisions. The main objective is to prepare, update, promote and facilitate access to systematic reviews on health care interventions. The main product is The Cochrane Library, a quarterly electronic publication. The principles and structure of the Cochrane Col...

[The Cochrane collaboration creates an area for nursing care].

El pasado mes de marzo de 2009 se aprobó la creación del Nodo Cochrane de Cuidados de Enfermerı́a, coordinado por el Instituto Joanna Briggs (IJB) que, posteriormente, pasó a formar parte de la Colaboración Cochrane como un Área de Trabajo en Cuidados de Enfermerı́a. Su principal función es apoyar la realización de revisiones sistemáticas de interés para los Cuidados de Enfermerı́a en la Colaborac...

The Cochrane Collaboration and systematic reviews.

Evidence-Based Chiropractic Care The Contribution of the Cochrane Collaboration and The Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre

* Co-Director, The Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre, Health Information Research Unit, McMaster University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Room 3H7, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5. Phone 1-905-525-9140, ext. 22487; Fax 1-905-546-0401; Email: [email protected] ** Director Evidence Based Neonatal Care and Outcomes Research, Department of Paediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospit...