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I read with interest your web watch section on Cochrane(1). As a frequent user of Cochrane both for teaching and patient care I found this web watch of relevance to a variety of health professionals.
The author of the web watch section says that Cochrane is only available on subscription. There is a Web site (2)which provides free full text access to Cochrane to health professionsls. To access Cochrane one has to be health professional and register for Gold services offered by the site. The registration is free. Many of our students and residents have registered and enjoy free full text access.
I hope this might be of interest to some of your readers.
1) Müllner M. Website of the week: Systematic reviews and the Cochrane Collaboration. BMJ 2001; 323: 116a
Conflict of interest : Apart from being one of the users, I have no other links with the site offering free access to Cochrane for health professionals.
Competing interests:
No competing interests
16 July 2001
P Badrinath
Clinical Assistant Professor
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
It is encouraging to see Marcus Müllner publicising the Cochrane
Library as it is an essential resource for the practice of evidence-based
care.
One point that he didn't mention is that your readers working within
the NHS can now access the full content of this valuable collection of
databases without charge via the National Electronic Library for Health.
Full text free access to Cochrane for health professionals
Dear Sir,
I read with interest your web watch section on Cochrane(1). As a frequent user of Cochrane both for teaching and patient care I found this web watch of relevance to a variety of health professionals.
The author of the web watch section says that Cochrane is only available on subscription. There is a Web site (2)which provides free full text access to Cochrane to health professionsls. To access Cochrane one has to be health professional and register for Gold services offered by the site. The registration is free. Many of our students and residents have registered and enjoy free full text access.
I hope this might be of interest to some of your readers.
1) Müllner M. Website of the week: Systematic reviews and the Cochrane Collaboration. BMJ 2001; 323: 116a
2) http://www.obgyn.net/cochrane.asp Accessed on July 14 2001.
Conflict of interest : Apart from being one of the users, I have no other links with the site offering free access to Cochrane for health professionals.
Competing interests: No competing interests