The Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Group: scope and challenges

The Cochrane Collaboration has set its primary focus on reviews that summarize randomized controlled trials (RCT) evidence. Looks at the life history of a particular published review to illustrate the challenges and opportunities of systematic review production, in this case the Cochrane Pain, Palli...

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Published in:Palliative medicine 2003-04, Vol.17 (3), p.232-234
Main Author: Wiffen, Phil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cancer therapies
Chronic pain
Cochrane Collaboration
Collaboration
Control
Databases as Topic
Drugs
Headaches
Humans
Medical libraries
Minority & ethnic groups
Narcotics
Organizations
Pain
Palliative Care
Randomized controlled trials
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - standards
Support services
Systematic reviews
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Summary:The Cochrane Collaboration has set its primary focus on reviews that summarize randomized controlled trials (RCT) evidence. Looks at the life history of a particular published review to illustrate the challenges and opportunities of systematic review production, in this case the Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Group. (Quotes from original text)
ISSN:0269-2163
1477-030X
DOI:10.1191/0269216303pm778oa