1 M. A. H. ("Tony") Baird is with Auckland Urogynaecology, Auckland, New Zealand. Norman Barlev is specialist anesthetist, Denmark. Linda Bryder is Professor of History, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Amanda Burls is Professor of Public Health, City University, London, UK. Robin W. Carrell is Emeritus Professor of Hematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Iain Chalmers is Co-founder of The Cochrane Collaboration and Coordinator of the James Lind Initiative, Oxford, UK. GJS Cooper is a Professor in Discovery and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, and Director, Centre for Advanced Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. Derek A. Dow is Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland. Kevin Hicks is Senior Research Fellow, the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, University of Auckland. Marc Keirse is Professor and Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Colin Mantell is Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Auckland. Peter Nobbs is a neonatal pediatrician, Auckland. Elizabeth Overton, Auckland. Helen Overton is a general practitioner, New Zealand and Denmark. Paul Patten is an obstetrician and gynecologist, Auckland. Josie Sandercock is a medical statistician, Birmingham, UK. Valerie Smith is an independent researcher, Dannevirke, New Zealand. Ronald Trubuhovich is a retired intensive care specialist, Auckland.