Colette Reid and Andrew Davies

The World Health Organization three-step analgesic ladder comes of age
Palliat Med 2004 18: 175-176. [PDF] [References]  

Augusto Caraceni, Cinzia Martini, Ernesto Zecca, and Russell K Portenoy a Working Group of an IASP Task Force on Cancer Pain

Breakthrough pain characteristics and syndromes in patients with cancer pain. An international survey
Palliat Med 2004 18: 177-183. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Carlos Centeno, Álvaro Sanz, and Eduardo Bruera

Delirium in advanced cancer patients
Palliat Med 2004 18: 184-194. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Jane Vella-Brincat and A D (Sandy) Macleod

Haloperidol in palliative care
Palliat Med 2004 18: 195-201. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

K Robin Yabroff, Jeanne S Mandelblatt, and Jane Ingham

The quality of medical care at the end-of-life in the USA: existing barriers and examples of process and outcome measures
Palliat Med 2004 18: 202-216. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Kathy Eagar, Janette Green, and Robert Gordon

An Australian casemix classification for palliative care: technical development and results
Palliat Med 2004 18: 217-226. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Kathy Eagar, Robert Gordon, Janette Green, and Michael Smith

An Australian casemix classification for palliative care: lessons and policy implications of a national study
Palliat Med 2004 18: 227-233. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Iain Lawrie, Mari Lloyd-Williams, and Fiona Taylor

How do palliative medicine physicians assess and manage depression
Palliat Med 2004 18: 234-238. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

David C Currow, Amy P Abernethy, and Belinda S Fazekas

Specialist palliative care needs of whole populations: a feasibility study using a novel approach
Palliat Med 2004 18: 239-247. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Yaël Tibi-Lévy and Daniel d‘Hérouville

Developing an operational typology of patients hospitalised in palliative care units
Palliat Med 2004 18: 248-258. [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Rossen T Rousseff and Svetoslav Simeonov

Letter to the editor
Palliat Med 2004 18: 259. [PDF] [References]  

Gabi Brogan and Anne Naysmith

Letter to the editor
Palliat Med 2004 18: 260. [PDF] [References]  

Mike Osborn

Book Review: You only die once: preparing for the end of life with grace and gusto
Palliat Med 2004 18: 261-262. [PDF]  

Paula Smith

Book Review: Cancer and the family caregiver: distress and coping
Palliat Med 2004 18: 261. [PDF]  

Mellar Davis and Harry R. Horvitz

Book Review: Oncology for palliative medicine
Palliat Med 2004 18: 262. [PDF]  

Mellar Davis

Book Review: Oncology for palliative medicine
Palliat Med 2004 18: 262. [PDF]  

Calendar of Events
Palliat Med 2004 18: 263-264. [PDF]  

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