Clinical features / Charles Skinner, Emma Thompson & Andrew Davies -- Assessment / Diane Laverty & Andrew Davies -- General principles of management / Andrew Davies -- Oral opioid drugs / Fiona Bailey & Ann Farley -- Oral transmucosal opioid drugs / Govambattista Zeppetella -- Opioid drugs via other routes / Ola Dale -- Non-opioid drugs / Craig Gannon & Andrew Davies -- Other therapeutic interventions / Nicholas Christelis & Jackie Filshie