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EDITORIAL
Access to pain management
Patricia Schofield
REVIEW ARTICLES
Systematic review of data from randomized controlled trials on the efficacy, safety and tolerability of drugs used to treat painful diabetic neuropathy
John Edelsberg, Claudia Lord, and Gerry Oster
Dedicated out-patient palliative radiation treatment clinics for patients with advanced cancer
Justin Kwong, Florencia Jon, Lori Holden, Liang Zeng, Shaelyn Culleton, Cyril Danjoux, May Tsao, Elizabeth Barnes, Arjun Sahgal, Kristopher Dennis, and Edward Chow
Life mission theory X: Theory of humiliation and pain
Søren Ventegodt, Joav Merrick, and Gary Orr
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Parental experiences of pediatric chronic pain management services
Donald Maciver, Derek Jones, and Margaret Nicol
An audit on postoperative pain in liver resection surgery following epidural catheter removal
Zoka B Milan, Taryn Kalami, Aman Harbis, Jonathan Hooper, Peter Westwood, Natasa Milic, and Mark Bellamy
A novel technique for reducing and eliminating peripheral neuropathic pain: A clinical study
Jose Santiago-Figueroa, Ivan J Sosa, Onix Reyes, Humberto Guzman, Ruben Hernandez, and Damien P Kuffler
The relationship between narcotic administration and emergency department recidivism
Vanessa A Casillas, Diomaris E Jurecska, Mary A Peterson, Wayne Adams, and Kathleen Gathercoal
Total pain concept: Multisensory stimulation, exercise therapy and coping skill training for community-dwelling older persons with chronic pain
Mimi MY Tse, Eva YM Au, and Alex MH Wong
What is the role of decision making and patient choice on chronic pain patients’ psychological well-being during a residential chronic pain management programme?
Amy Cowburn, Jared G Smith, Lucie Knight, and Nicole Jamani
Correlation of the palliative performance scale with the Karnofsky performance status in an outpatient palliative radiotherapy clinic
Shaelyn Culleton, Kristopher Dennis, Kaitlin Koo, Liying Zhang, Liang Zeng, Justin Kwong, Janet Nguyen, Florencia Jon, Lori Holden, Elizabeth Barnes, May Tsao, Cyril Danjoux, Arjun Sahgal, and Edward Chow
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for acute pain
Rasika Jayasekara
Cochrane review summary: Oxycodone or Oxycodone plus paracetamol for acute postoperative pain in adults
Raymond Chan
Oral paracetamol (acetaminophen) with codeine for postoperative pain in adults
Rie Konno
Transcutaneous electrostimulation for osteoarthritis of the knee
Ruth Rojahn
CASE REPORTS
Renal mass – primary or metastatic? The search for a definitive diagnosis
Justin Kwong, Florencia Jon, Linda Sugar, Bonnie O’Hayon, Lori Holden, Janet Nguyen, Michelle Ross, Cassandra Uy, Luluel Khan, Kristopher Dennis, and Edward ChowS
Asymptomatic 20cm-long femoral metastasis: A unique case of long-bone disease responding to radiotherapy alone
Martin Leung, Janet Nguyen, Joel Rubenstein, Edward Chow, Lori Holden, Kristopher Dennis, and Florencia Jon
Painful sacral insufficiency fracture simulating metastatic disease from primary breast cancer
Florencia Jon, Janet Nguyen, Joel Rubenstein, Lori Holden, Michelle Ross, Gunita Mitera, Kristopher Dennis, and Edward Chow
Suspicious perianal lesion in a patient with renal cell carcinoma
Cassandra Uy, Florencia Jon, Corwyn Rowsell, Bonnie O’Hayon, Sherif Hanna, Georg Bjarnason, Lori Holden, Janet Nguyen, Michelle Ross, Justin Kwong, Arjun Sahgal, Luluel Khan, Kristopher Dennis, and Edward Chow
Pathological fracture of the tibia in a patient with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast: A case report of a rare finding
Esther Chan, Florencia Jon, Lori Holden, Kristopher Dennis, and Edward Chow