title: Pain management and palliative care systematic reviews in issue two for 2007 of The Cochrane Library.
abstract: The Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews is published quarterly. It now contains 3094 complete reviews, 1707 protocols for reviews in production and 6817 one page summaries of systematic reviews published in the general medical literature. In addition there are citations of 495,000 randomized controlled trials, and 9458 cited papers in the Cochrane methodology register. The health technology assessment database contains 6817 citations. This edition of the Library contains 97 new reviews of which 9 have potential relevance for practitioners in pain and palliative medicine.
authors.affiliation: Oxford Regional Pain Relief Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK. phil.wiffen@pain-relief-unit.oxford.ac.uk
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Wiffen
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012693:Serial Publications