title: Evidence-based pain management and palliative care in issue four for 2007 of The Cochrane Library.
abstract: The Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews is published quarterly. Issue 4 2007 contains 3298 complete reviews, 1755 protocols for reviews in production and 6761 one-page summaries of systematic reviews published in the general medical literature. In addition, there are citations of 522,000 randomized controlled trials and 10,000 cited papers in the Cochrane methodology register. The health technology assessment database contains 6087 citations. This edition of the Library contains 101 new reviews of which 7 have potential relevance for practitioners in pain and palliative medicine.
authors.affiliation: Oxford Regional Pain Relief Unit at ChurchillHospital, UK. phil.wiffen@pain-relief-unit.oxford.ac.uk
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Wiffen
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D012693:Serial Publications