1. To care is good, to educate is better

   • Barbara Dicks

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 2

2. Palliative care in high-tech medicine: defining the point of no return

   • Christoph Hürny

   Editorial Pages: 3 - 4

3. Supportive care news

   • F. Stiefel

   News Pages: 5 - 6

4. Towards an optimal teaching programme for supportive care

   • John F. Forbes

   Special Article Pages: 7 - 15

5. New directions in palliative care education

   • Jeanette Webber

   Review Article Pages: 16 - 20

6. Ethical and professional issues in pain technology: a challenge to supportive care

   • Betty R. Ferrell

   Review Article Pages: 21 - 26

7. Bone marrow transplantation today

   • A. Gratwohl

   Review Article Pages: 27 - 34

8. Bone marrow transplantation: support of the patient and his/her family

   • Lynna M. Lesko

   Review Article Pages: 35 - 49

9. Instruction in the techniques and concept of supportive care in oncology

   • Chandra P. Belani
   • Anne E. Belcher
   • Stephen C. Schimpff

   Original Article Pages: 50 - 55

10. Support of the transplant team

    • A. Kiss

    Original Article Pages: 56 - 60

11. Pamidronate for pain control in patients with malignant osteolytic bone disease: a prospective dose-effect study

    • B. Thürlimann
    • R. Morant
    • A. Radziwill

    Original Article Pages: 61 - 65

12. Results of antibiotic treatment of Hickman-catheter-related infections in oncological patients

    • Claus Simon
    • Meinolf Suttorp

    Original Article Pages: 66 - 70

13. A pilot study to assess the efficacy of salmon calcitonin in the relief of neuropathic pain caused by extraskeletal metastases

    • Vladimir Kovčin
    • Svetislav Jelić
    • Zoran Tomašević

    Short Communication Pages: 71 - 73

14. Meeting highlights

    • Beryl A. Oppenheim

    Announcement Pages: 74 - 75

15. Forthcoming meetings

    Announcement Pages: 76 - 76