Clarke Mike
UK Cochrane Centre, NHS R&D Programme, Oxford, England.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007 Oct;137(4 Suppl):S52-4. doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.05.050.
The Cochrane Collaboration (www.cochrane.org) is an international, independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of health care readily available worldwide. I review the origins, development, and structure of the organization and describe the important components of its output, The Cochrane Library.