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Abstract
The Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews is published quarterly. Issue three for 2004 of the library was published in July 2004. The Cochrane Library now contains 3,559 complete reviews and protocols of reviews. It also contains one-page summaries of systematic reviews published in the general (non-Cochrane) medical literature. In addition there are citations of randomized controlled trials, methodology reviews, the Cochrane methodology register and the health technology assessment database. This edition of the Library contains the results of an extensive search for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on EMBASE. The latest library contains 75 new reviews, five of which are considered relevant to practitioners in pain and palliative care. References are published in the same format as the citation for Cochrane reviews.
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Phillip J. Wiffen
Cherokee Layson-Wolf, PharmD, is Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. At the time that this review was conducted, she was a Community Care Pharmacy Practice Resident at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Perry G. Fine, MD, is Professor of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine and Associate Medical Director, Pain Management Center at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City; and National Medical Director, VistaCare, based in Scottsdale, AZ. This commentary is based on an article in Dr. Fine's VistaCare Palliative Medicine Monitor.
Jonathan R. Gavrin, MD, is the Internet editor for the Journal. He is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine; Associate Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; and Associate Director for Clinical Anesthesia Services, Harborview Medical Center.
Perry G. Fine, MD, is Professor of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine and Associate Medical Director, Pain Management Center at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City; and National Medical Director, VistaCare, based in Scottsdale, AZ. This commentary is based on an article in Dr. Fine's VistaCare Palliative Medicine Monitor.
Philip J. Wiffen, is the Regional Pharmaceutical and Prescribing Adviser, Anglia & Oxford Region of the National Health Service Executive, a member of the Oxford Regional Pain Relief Unit and Coordinating Editor of the Cochrane Collaboration Pain Palliative and Supportive Care Collaborative Review Group.
Philip J. Wiffen, BPharm, MRPharmS, MFPHM (Hon) is Regional Pharmaceutical and Prescribing Adviser, Anglia & Oxford Region of the National Health Service Executive, a member of the Pain Relief Unit, Churchill Hospital, and Coordinating Editor, Cochrane Collaboration Pain Palliative and Supportive Care Collaborative Review Group.
Howard A. Heit, practices pain medicine and addiction medicine in Fairfax, Virginia, and is Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Dr. Heit was a member of the Liaison Committee on Pain and Addiction.
Last Acts is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded campaign to improve end-of-life care by a coalition of professional and consumer organizations. This coalition works to improve palliative care, focused on managing pain and making life better for individuals and families facing death. Last Acts envisions a world in which dying people and their loved ones receive excellent care and are honored and supported by their community.
S. R. Ghooi, MBBS, is a Medical Consultant in New Delhi.
Gustavo G. De Simone is Medical Oncologist (with Diploma in Palliative Medicine) and Pallium Latinoamérica Association Medical Director and Chief, Section on Palliative Care, Hospital Bonorino Udaondo, Bonpland 2287 (1425) Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina ( [email protected].
The Reverend John S. Lunn, RN, MDiv, is Palliative Care and Hospice Consultant, Global Ministries for the Disciples of Christ and United Church of Christ, and former President, Board of Directors, Kauai Hospice, Hawaii.
Philip J. Wiffen, BPharm, MRPharmS, MFPHM (Hon), is Regional Pharmaceutical and Prescribing Adviser, Anglia & Oxford Region, National Health Service, a member of the Pain Relief Unit, Churchill Hospital and Coordinating Editor, Cochrane Collaboration Pain Palliative and Supportive Care Collaborative Review Group.
Jan Stjernswärd, MD, PhD, FRCP (Edin), is Former Chief, Cancer and Palliative Care, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, and International Director of the Oxford University International Centre for Palliative Care and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Palliative Care, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK. He also serves on the Steering Committee of the Diana Palliative Care Initiative, Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund in the UK, as a Consultant to the Open Society Institute in New York, and continues to serve as a World Health Organization advisor.
Barbara L. Kass-Bartelmes, MPH, CHES, and Ronda Hughes, PhD, wrote this report for the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) of the U.S. Public Health Service.
Robert J. Adams, PharmD, was at the time of this study Primary Care Resident, Pharmacy Service, Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ.
Stephen P. Lordon, MD, was at the time of this study, Attending Physician in the Pain Management Center, University Hospitals and Clinics, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine;
Arthur G. Lipman, PharmD, is Professor of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy, Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine and Director of Clinical Pharmacology, Pain Management Center, University Hospitals and Clinics; University of Utah Health Sciences Center.
Christopher Stock, PharmD, is Clinical Pharmacist, Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Pharmacist at the George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, and Clinical Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah
Perry G. Fine, MD, is Professor of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, and Attending Physician at the Pain Management Center, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT; and Senior Medical Advisor, VistaCare, based in Scottsdale, AZ.
Phillip J. Wiffen, BPharm, MRPharmS, MFPHM(Hon), is Director of Training for the U.K. Cochrane Center, a member of the Oxford Regional Pain Relief Unit at Churchill Hospital, and Coordinating Editor of the Cochrane Collaboration Pain Palliative and Supportive Care Collaborative Review Group.
William J. Rusho, MS, RPh, is Professor (Clinical) of Pharmacotherapy, University of Utah College of Pharmacy and a former member of the FDA Advisory Committee on Pharmacy Compounding. He was clinical coordinator of sterile product compounding at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics for 32 years.
Jonathan R. Garvin, MD, is Director of Symptom Management and Palliative Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Philip J. Wiffen, BPharm, MSc, MRPharmS, MFPHM (Hon), is a member of the Oxford Regional Pain Relief Unit, Churchill Hospital, Coordinating Editor, Cochrane Collaboration Pain Palliative and Supportive Care Collaborative Review Group, and Director of Training, U.K. Cochrane Center.
Dr. Fishman has developed this feature based on columns he has developed in collaboration with the American Pain Foundation Pain Monitor and Discovery Health. Dr. Fishman retains copyright for this material and has granted permission to the Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy to publish it.