Leading researchers in health care write about Archie Cochrane and his work, examining the legacy he left in research methods that have begun to revolutionise policy making and the delivery of health care today. Includes chapters on epidemiology, effectiveness, efficiency, equity, and evolution

Alan Keith Maynard was a British health economist. Born in Bebington, Maynard studied at the Universities of Newcastle upon Tyne and York. After a stint at the University of Exeter, he was appointed to the University of York in 1971. Iain Chalmers is the editor of Non-Random Reflections: On Health Services Research: On the 25th Anniversary of Archie Cochrane's Effectiveness and Efficiency, published by Wiley.