Special Edition of Prescrire International

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President of Association Mieux Prescrire: Pierre Chirac, pharmacist ASSOCIATION MIEUX PRESCRIRE  “To work, in all independence, in favour of quality healthcare, first and foremost in the interest of patients (...)” (Article 1 of the Association Mieux Prescrire bylaws). Prescrire International is a monthly journal of selected texts translated from the French journal Prescrire . Prescrire International is published 11 times a year by Association Mieux Prescrire, a non-profit continuing education organisation (N° 11 711 075) under the French law of 1901. EDITORIAL STAFF Members of the Prescrire Editorial Staff sign a yearly declaration of absence of conflicts of interest, in accordance with Prescrire’s “Non merci...” Charter. Members are free from any interest contrary to Association Mieux Prescrire’s objectives (the Charter and the Declaration are available online at english.prescrire.org). Publishing reliable reviews that are easy to use and adapted to readers’ needs depends upon complex editorial procedures, all initiated and overseen by the members of Prescrire’s Editorial Staff. Members of the Editorial Staff define editorial goals.They oversee the literature search, the writing and rewriting of texts, and the review by a panel of outside experts (medical specialists, methodologists, representatives of Prescrire’s subscriber base…).They organise internal and external quality control procedures, and edit the final copy. Every draft is submitted, before publication, to a large number of external reviewers.

Prescrire is a French non-profit continuing education organisation, committed to better patient care Prescrire International , the English-language edition of La Revue Prescrire provides independent information, by and for healthcare professionals. Independent information

Association Mieux Prescrire publishes a monthly journal in French, and an inter- national edition in English 11 times a year. A non-profit organisation, Prescrire is wholly financed by its subscribers, and accepts no advertising or other outside support. Reliable and relevant content Prescrire has the editorial and research capabilities necessary to ensure the accuracy of its reviews. Prescrire ’s editors are healthcare professionals, specially trained in Prescrire ’s editorial methods and free fromconflicts of interest. Exacting quality control procedures are applied to all editorial content.

The Association Mieux Prescrire, a non-profit organisation registered under the French law of 1901, manages all of Prescrire ’s programmes and publica- tions. The AMP is structured so as to be free of any influence from pharma- ceutical companies or healthcare institutions. Prescrire’ s purpose is stated in Article 1 of the AMP bylaws: “To work, in all independence, in favour of quality health- care, first and foremost in the interest of patients (...).” Prescrire offers continuing education and professional practice improvement programmes specifically adapted to the needs of healthcare professionals. For nearly 40 years, Prescrire has pro- vided healthcare professionals – and via them, patients – with the clear, compre- hensive and reliable information they need about drugs and therapeutic and diagnostic strategies.

Around 250 people participate in the production and distribution of every issue of Prescrire , including:

Subscribers can download any of the thousands of detailed reviews produced by Prescrire’s multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, and all including complete notes and references. All are available instantly , via an online table of contents going back to 1992, or via a search function.

- Around 150 members of the Prescrire team - Around 100 external reviewers, experts in the subjects discussed and practising healthcare professionals For each issue, readers are provided with a complete list of the contributors to that issue.

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