title: [The Cochrane collaboration and the Cochrane library in urology].
abstract: 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 Collaboration and the structure and content of the Cochrane Library will be described. The importance of systematic reviews and meta-analyses as sources of information for clinicians will be presented, with special emphasis on the contributions of the Cochrane Collaboration to the speciality of urology.
authors.affiliation: Grupo de Trabajo en Urología Basada en Pruebas de la Asociación Murciana de Urología.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tello Royloa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Urrutia Cuchí
mesh_terms: D007391:International Cooperation; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D014572:Urology