Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Journal of

Pain

and

Symptom Management Including Supportive and Palliative Care

EDITOR

MANAGING EDITOR

BOOK REVIEW EDITORS

Russell K. Portenoy, MD New York, New York

Marilyn Herleth New York, New York

Myra Glajchen, DSW New York, New York

FOUNDING EDITOR

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

George Heidrich, RN

Gloria Moy, MA New York, New York

Perry G. Fine, MD Salt Lake City, Utah

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Julia Addington-Hall, PhD London, England

Stein Kaasa, MD Trondheim, Norway

Steven D. Passik, PhD Lexington, Kentucky

William Breitbart, MD New York, New York

Charles L. Loprinzi, MD Rochester, Minnesota

Richard Payne, MD New York, New York

Eduardo Bruera, MD Houston, Texas

Neil MacDonald, MD Montreal, Canada

Lukas G. Radbruch, MD Cologne, Germany

Augusto Caraceni, MD Milan, Italy

Mitchell Max, MD Bethesda, Maryland

Narinder Rawal, MD, PhD Örebro, Sweden

Charles S. Cleeland, PhD Houston, Texas

Margo McCaffery, RN Los Angeles, California

Neil L. Schechter, MD Hartford, Connecticut

Nessa Coyle, RN New York, New York

Patricia A. McGrath, PhD Toronto, Canada

Per Sjøgren, MD Copenhagen, Denmark

Linda Emanuel, MD, PhD Chicago, Illinois

Henry J. McQuay, DM Oxford, England

Mildred Z. Solomon, EdD Newton, Massachusetts

Betty R. Ferrell, PhD Duarte, California

Diane E. Meier, MD New York, New York

Karen Syrjala, PhD Seattle, Washington

Perry G. Fine, MD Salt Lake City, Utah

Ronald Melzack, PhD Montreal, Canada

Fumikazu Takeda, MD Saitama, Japan

Joseph J. Fins, MD New York, New York

Sebastiano Mercadante, MD Palermo, Italy

Joan M. Teno, MD Providence, Rhode Island

Kathleen M. Foley, MD New York, New York

Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD San Francisco, California

Yosuke Uchitomi, MD, PhD Kashiwa, Japan

Charles E. Inturrisi, PhD New York, New York

Balfour M. Mount, MD Montreal, Canada

Vittorio Ventafridda, MD Milan, Italy

Paul B. Jacobsen, PhD Tampa, Florida

Richard North, MD Baltimore, Maryland

David E. Weissman, MD Milwaukee, Wisconsin

David E. Joranson, MSSW Madison, Wisconsin

Judith A. Paice, PhD Chicago, Illinois

Michael Zenz, MD Bochum, Germany