Journal of pain & palliative care pharmacotherapy
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jan 2002
Extemporaneous compounding: a return to regulatory limbo?
Extemporaneous compounding of medications has been an integral component of the practice of pharmacy and medicine since the practices began. A staple of early medical and pharmacy practice, even today many patients benefit from compounding at some point in their care. ⋯ With a recent decision by the US Supreme Court, compounding regulation is again uncertain. This commentary reviews compounding practice, the history of compounding regulation, and discusses the current regulatory status of the practice.
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jan 2002
Pain and palliative care in The Cochrane Library; Issue number 4, 2001.
The Cochrane Library of systematic reviews is published quarterly. Nine of the 62 new reviews published in Issue 4 for 2001 in February 2002 are relevant to pain and palliative care. Annotated bibliographies for those nine reviews are provided.
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jan 2002
Defining hospice and palliative care: some further thoughts.
Widespread acceptance of hospice in the United States has contributed to increased public and professional interest in improved care, not only for dying persons, but for persons undergoing treatment for conditions that may not pose an immediate threat to their life. 'Palliative care' has been brought into use to denote care that covers a broader category of patients who do not necessarily have a medical condition that is not, at present, life threatening. The use of two related and overlapping terms by health care professionals is confusing and, in the absence of clear definitions, has contributed to needless controversy. ⋯ Palliative care, once used as a euphemism for hospice, now has several meanings. This paper is designed to explore the historical evolution of both terms and to reduce the confusion and controversy surrounding their current application.
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J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jan 2002
Pain and palliative care in Issue Number 3, 2001 of The Cochrane Library.
A brief description of how an individual can access The Cochrane Library and navigate within it is provided. The National Library of Medicine medical subject heading (MeSH) terminology is described. Selected new reviews from a recent edition of The Cochrane Library are listed in an annotated bibliography together with a description of the current volume of material now available on the library.