Highlights of the September Issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Listed below are a few articles from the most recent issue of the journal:

Original Articles
The Conversion Ratio From Intravenous Hydromorphone to Oral Opioids in Cancer Patients
Akhila Reddy, Marieberta Vidal, Saneese Stephen, Karen Baumgartner, Sara Dost, Ann Nguyen, Yvonne Heung, Simeon Kwan, Angelique Wong, Imelda Pangemanan, Ahsan Azhar, Supakarn Tayjasanant,
Edenmae Rodriguez, Jessica Waletich, Kyu-Hyoung Lim, Jimin Wu, Diane Liu, Janet Williams, Sriram Yennurajalingam, and Eduardo Bruera

Computerized Adaptive Testing in Pediatric Brain Tumor Clinics
Jin-Shei Lai, Jennifer L. Beaumont, Cindy J. Nowinski, David Cella, William F. Hartsell, John Han-Chih Chang, Peter E. Manley, and Stewart Goldman


Brief Quality Improvement Report
Increasing Advance Care Planning Completion at an Academic Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic
Ngoc-Phuong Luu, Candace Nigrin, Kimberly Peairs, Sydney M. Dy, Melinda Sawyer, Samantha Pitts, and Brent Petty

To access the articles, you must subscribe to JPSM or be a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). For further information on the Academy, call 847.375.4712 or visit aahpm.org.

Submitted by: David Casarett, MD MA, Senior Associate Editor, JPSM

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