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For Editors: see Deceased authors: Implementation guidance= a>
As a general guideline, where an author made a substantial contribution = to a Cochrane Review or protocol for a Cochrane Review (sufficient to warra= nt authorship) but di= ed before publication, and the co-authors feel it is appropriate to include= the deceased author on the byline, then editorial teams could permit inclu= sion of the author on the byline until the review is updated.
The living authors alternatively may choose to provide an acknowledgment= or dedication to their colleague=E2=80=99s contribution.
If the deceased author was also the contact person for protocol or revie= w, a new Contact Person (corresponding author) must be identified from the = author team.
Contributorship statement: This should infor= m readers that the author is deceased, when the author died (e.g. month and= year), the author's contribution to the protocol or review, and whether th= e living authors made substantive changes to the review beyond the deceased= author's contribution.
Licence for publication form: A signed licen= ce is required, but the licence may be submitted by t= he Managing Editor on the deceased author's behalf, provided he/she or the = Contact Person (corresponding author) for the review had the deceased autho= r's agreement and consent to publish in advance of their passing.
Declarations of interest: Add the following = statement to this section in the Cochrane Review: "Author dece= ased; declarations of interest published in the Cochrane Review: [copy and = paste here]." For a protocol, insert the text, "Author deceased; no declara= tions of interest available." or "Author deceased; [declarations of interes= t if provided before the author died]."=C2=9DThe 'declarations of interest'= form does not need to be completed for the deceased author.
Contact details: Modify contact details so t= hat the published protocol or review will note that the author is deceased = and include the name, institution and country, that were correct before the= y died. An email address is required. See Deceased cont= ributors for details on how this field should be completed. Delete the = rest of their contact details, and put "Deceased" in the footnote field of = the author contact details in the review. This is a review-level annotation= . If the author in question is included on the byline of more than one revi= ew, the same footnote should be included in each of the reviews they author= ed.