Cochrane databases

Cochrane databases

"Cochrane Collaboration [was established] as an international group to ‘‘prepare, maintain, and disseminate up-to-date reviews of RCTs [Randomized clinical trials] of health care" (Hill, 2000; here cited from Cohen et al., 2004, 36).

Literature:

Boissel, J.-P.; Fouque, D; Laville, M.; Haugh, M. C. & Liberati, A. (1996). Editorial. Establishing a Cochrane Collaborative Review Group in Nephrology. Journal of Nephrology, 9(1), 3-4. http://www.sin-italy.org/jnonline/vol9n1/3.html

Hill, G. B. (2000). Archie Cochrane and his legacy. An internal challenge to physicians’ autonomy? J. Clin. Epidemiol. 53 (12), 1189—1892.

Free access to the Cochrane-database in Denmark: http://www.forbrugerraadet.dk/breve/alle/brev229/

Medline's cooperation with Cochrane:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/cochrane.html