Evidence-based pain management and palliative care in issue three for 2005 of the Cochrane Library.
The Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews is published quarterly. It now contains 2435 complete reviews, 1606 protocols of reviews and 5340 one page summaries of systematic reviews published in the general medical literature. In addition there are citations of 454,449 randomized controlled trials, 20 methodology reviews and 7059 cited papers in the Cochrane methodology register. The health technology assessment database contains 4620 citations. This edition of the Library contains 79 new reviews of which 6 have potential relevance for practitioners in pain and palliative medicine.
Wiffen
Philip J
PJ
MRPharmS, Pain Relif Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK. phil.wiffen@pain-relief-unit.oxford.ac.uk