Quotes About Cochrane

The good news about Cochrane is that most of their conclusions are conservative. Even when data is sufficient for meta-analyses, they often hold back on making recommendations.

Juan Fernandez islands." Cochrane drew on the cigar and watched its smoke drift out the window. "The islands are three hundred fifty miles off the coast, in the middle of nothing! They're where Robinson Crusoe was marooned, or rather where Alexander Selkirk, who was the original of Crusoe, spent four not uncomfortable years.

Admiral Cochrane's nephew, Thomas Cochrane, was the famed fighting captain whose Mediterranean cruises in the HMS Speedy would be the inspiration for Patrick O'Brian's novel Master and Commander (1970).

If the story you're reading is about health, there's one place you should be sure to look for a second opinion: the Cochrane Collaboration.