Bandolier is an independent online electronic journal

Academic journal

An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...

 about evidence-based healthcare

Evidence-based medicine

Evidence-based medicine or evidence-based practice aims to apply the best available evidence gained from the scientific method to clinical decision making. It seeks to assess the strength of evidence of the risks and benefits of treatments and diagnostic tests...

, written by Oxford University scientists. It was started in 1994 and the National Health Service

National Health Service

The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...

 paid for its distribution to all doctors in the UK until 2002. Publication of the printed version ceased in 2007 and new material is now published entirely electronically. The NHS Executive (NHSE) and National electronic Library for Health (NeLH) continue with some support for the electronic site.

The journal (as of 2006) continues to be distributed to all GPs

General practitioner

A general practitioner is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. They have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues and comorbidities...

in New Zealand.

External links

• http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/