September 2007 No 90, 2007/3 - 102 pagesEditorialPages 3 to 3Scientific publicationsBy Monique FormarierDiscussionPages 4 to 14Construction and use of a tool to assess the relational skills of nursing students interning in psychiatryBy Faïza Benrerbia, Carole Berenguer, Olivier Esnault, Elisa Fischer, Laure Garcia, Marie-Pascale Regnard, Patrick Delompre, Corinne DuboscqPages 15 to 18Clinical research: Interests and difficulties in health care practiceBy Sébastien Ripoche, Claire LlambrichMethodologyPages 19 to 25Health care and anthropology: A reflective approachBy Cécilia Rohrbach ViadasPages 26 to 34Direct observation in sociology: Some methodological reflections on hospital researchBy Anne-Marie ArborioPages 35 to 57A critical review of tools for assessing pain in adults suffering from cancerBy Isabelle Cabot, Sylvie Le May, Gisèle BesnerResearchPages 58 to 66Transfer of knowledge: Wishful thinking—or, how can we break the deadlock?By Marianne Wälti-Bolliger, Ian Needham, Ruud HalfensPages 67 to 74Defining the relationship between consultancy and partnershipsBy Fabienne Teike Luethi, Serge GallantPages 75 to 85Myths and beliefs during pregnancy in the northwest region of Portugal and their implications for women’s healthBy Maria de Fátima Vieira Martins, Paula Cristina Almeida RemoaldoVariaPages 86 to 94Preceptors in nursing care: Combining the skills of caregiver and educator in order to change rolesBy Béatrice Perrenoud, Anne-marie MarquisPages 95 to 101Is the hospital moving towards an ethics of all professions?By Ludovic Hardy