Producing and disseminating systematic reviews: a summary of the CAM-related work presented at the 13th international Cochrane Colloquium.
In order to facilitate the conduct and dissemination of high-quality systematic reviews in CAM further, three key issues were discussed at the Melbourne Cochrane Colloquium: (a) How to improve the overall methodological quality of CAM reviews in general, (b) how to improve the quality of Traditional Chinese Medicine reviews and trials; and (c) how to make the CAM reviews more accessible to the lay public throughout the world. A summary of each of these is presented.
Manheimer
Eric
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Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 2200 Kernan Drive, Kernan Hospital Mansion, Baltimore, MD 21207, USA. emanheimer@compmed.umm.edu
Berman
Brian
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D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D011643:Publishing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012107:Research Design; D012196:Review Literature as Topic