Innovations in End-of-Life Care
an international journal of leaders in end-of-life care

Selected articles by contributors to this issue:

Blengini C, Joranson DE, Ryan KM. Italy reforms national policy for cancer pain relief and opioids. European Journal of Cancer Care. 2003; 12(1):28-34. www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy/publicat/03ejcc/index.htm.

Bruera E, De Lima L, Woodruff R. The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care: International activities and initiatives. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2002;24(2):102-105.

Cancer Pain Release. Palliative Care in Latin America and the Caribbean. Cancer Pain Release. 2002;15(1): Available online at www.whocancerpain.wisc.edu/eng/15_1/15_1.html.

Cancer Pain Release. Access to Palliative Care in Latin America. Cancer Pain Release. 1999;12(2): Available online at www.whocancerpain.wisc.edu/eng/12_2/12_2.html.

Dahl JL, Bennett ME, Bromley MD, Joranson DE. Success of the state pain initiatives: Moving pain management forward. Cancer Practice. 2002;10(Suppl 1):S9-13.

De Lima L. Advances in palliative care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Ongoing projects of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2001;4(2):228-231.

De Lima L, Barnard D. Advances in palliative care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Ongoing projects of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2001;4(2):227-231.

De Lima L, Sakowski JA, Stratton Hill C, Bruera E. Legislation analysis according to WHO and INCB criteria on opioid availability: A comparative study of 5 countries and the state of Texas. Health Policy. 2001;56(2):99-110.

De Lima L, Bruera E. The Pan American Health Organization: Its structure and role in the development of a palliative care program for Latin America and the Caribbean. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2000;20(6):440-448.

De Lima L, Bruera E, Joranson DE, Vanegas G, Cepeda S, Quesada L, Wenk R, Pavajeau MC, Derio L, Montejo G, Castillo G, Ruiz F, Pupo AR, Carles B, Paredes E, Schoeller T. Opioid availability in Latin America: The Santo Domingo report progress since the Declaration of Florianopolis. 1997;13(4):213-219.

De Lima L, Bruera E. Palliative care in Colombia: Program in "La Viga." Journal of Palliative Care. 1994;10(1):42-43.

Gilson AM, Joranson DE. US policies relevant to the prescribing of opioid analgesics for the treatment of pain in patients with addictive disease. Clinical Journal of Pain. 2002;18(4 Suppl):S91-98.

Gilson AM, Joranson DE. Controlled substances and pain management: Changes in knowledge and attitudes of state medical regulators. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2001;21(3):227-237.

Joranson DE. New international efforts to ensure availability of opioids for medical purposes. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 1996;12(2):85-86.

Joranson DE. Are health-care reimbursement policies a barrier to acute and cancer pain management? Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 1994;9(4):244-253.

Joranson DE. Availability of opioids for cancer pain: Recent trends, assessment of system barriers, new World Health Organization guidelines, and the risk of diversion. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 1993;8(6):353-360.

Joranson DE, Gilson AM, Dahl JL, Haddox JD. Pain management, controlled substances, and state medical board policy: A decade of change. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2002;23(2):138-147.

Joranson DE, Maurer MA, Jorenby JP. Availability of Opioid Analgesics in Latin America and the World. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Pain & Policy Studies Group/WHO Collaborating Center for Policy and Communications in Cancer Care, 2002. Available online at www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy/publicat/monograp/gdlmono-eng.pdf.

Joranson DE, Gilson AM. Pharmacists’ knowledge of and attitudes toward opioid pain medications in relation to federal and state policies. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association. 2001;41(2):213-220.

Joranson DE, Ryan KM, Gilson AM, Dahl JL. Trends in medical use and abuse of opioids. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2000:283(13):1710-1714.

Joranson DE, Gilson AM. Regulatory barriers to pain management. Seminars in Oncology Nursing. 1998;14(2):158-163.

Joranson DE, Gilson AM, Monterroso M, Nelson JM. Opioid Analgesics in Latin America: Legal Requirements, Trends, Recommendations. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Pain & Policy Studies Group/WHO Collaborating Center for Policy and Communications in Cancer Care, 1998. Available online at www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy/publicat/monograp/chile_e.htm.

Rajagopal MR, Joranson DE, Gilson AM. Medical use, misuse, and diversion of opioids in India. Lancet. 2001;358(9276):139-143.

Woodruff R, Doyle D, De Lima L, Bruera E, Faar WC. The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC): History, description, and future direction. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2001;4(1):5-7.

World Health Organization. Achieving Balance in National Opioids Control Policy: Guidelines for Assessment. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 2000. Available online at www.medsch.wisc.edu/painpolicy/publicat/00whoabi/00whoabi.htm.

Other targeted references:

Barnard D. World Health Organization guidelines for national narcotics control policies. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2002;5(4):575-577.

Carr DB. The development of national guidelines for pain control: Synopsis and commentary. European Journal of Pain. 2001;5(Suppl A):91-98.

Clark HW. Policy and medical-legal issues in the prescribing of controlled substances. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 1991;23(4):321-328.

Community-State Partnerships to Improve End-of-Life Care. Opioid diversion: A renewed call for a balanced drug policy. State Initiatives in End-of-Life Care. Pain Management—An Update: The Need for Balance in Controlled Substances Policy. 2002;14:3-4,8.

Hill CS, Jr. Government regulatory influences on opioid prescribing and their impact on the treatment of pain of nonmalignant origin. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 1996;11(5):287-298.

Lauerman JF. Prescribing opioids. Hippocrates. 1999;13(10): available online at www.hippocrates.com/archive/November1999/11features/11featopioids.html.

Redmond K. Organizational barriers in opioid use. Supportive Care in Cancer. 1997;5(6):451-456.

Vilensky W. Opioid "mythstakes": Opioid analgesics—current clinical and regulatory perspectives. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 2002;102(9 Suppl 3):S11-14.

Weissman DE. Doctors, opioids, and the law: The effect of controlled substances regulations on cancer pain management. Seminars in Oncology. 1993;20(2 Suppl 1):53-58.