The Cochrane Collaboration’s 20th Anniversary: pointing out the urgency for evidence-based patient centred nursing care.

Abstract

The Cochrane Collaboration is commemorating its 20th anniversary in 2013. The Cochrane Collaboration is widely recognised as the gold standard in assessing and reporting research to determine the effectiveness of different healthcare treatments and interventions through the production of systematic reviews. Although largely considered as having a medical focus, many Cochrane reviews are of direct relevance to nursing care.