Welcome

Hello and welcome to the PaPaS review group. We are one of 51 review groups based in different countries around the world. Our editorial office is in the town of Oxford, England, UK. Our current editorial team are as follows:

Professor Christopher Eccleston - Co-ordinating Editor
Jessica Thomas - Managing Editor
Yvonne Roy and Laila Tyrrell - Assistant Managing Editors
Rebecca Gray - Managing Editor (Headache)
Caroline Struthers - Trials Search Co-ordinator

The team is also supported by a team of PaPaS Editors.

Review Groups are composed of people from around the world who share an interest in developing and maintaining systematic reviews relevant to a particular health care topic area. Review groups are coordinated by the editorial team who assist authors in the editing and process of their protocols, reviews and review updates up to the time of completion and finally publication in The Cochrane Library.

The PaPaS review group was formed in 1998 and was set up to support the production of Cochrane Systematic reviews in Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care on behalf of The Cochrane Collaboration. To do this we need the help of review authors, peer referees, consumer referees, handsearchers, translators, Editors, Managing Editors, Trial Search Co-ordinators, Co-ordinating Editors and Statisticians.

The Cochrane Collaboration is an international not-for-profit and independent organization, dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare readily available worldwide. The major product of the Collaboration is the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, which is one database consisting of systematic reviews or the 'gold standard' of evidence, published quarterly as part of The Cochrane Library.

Newcomers to the work of the Collaboration may benefit from visiting the newcomers guide on the following link: www.cochrane.org/docs/newcomersguide.htm

Every year all review groups meet at our annual Cochrane Colloquium, this is a good opportunity to come along and meet up with the editorial team, take part in workshops and to update any training needs that you may have. To find out more click on the Colloquium link below.

We hope you have found this website helpful and informative and should you have any comments on the website, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We look forward to supporting your involvement with the Cochrane PaPaS review group.

Best Wishes,

Chris Eccleston & the Editorial Team