Drupal - How to get All options of a 'select' field?
You can also use list_allowed_values().
$field = field_info_field('field_name');
$allowed_values = list_allowed_values($field);
In Drupal 7 you can use field_info_field(), while in Drupal 6 you can use content_field_instance_read(), which is defined in the CCK module.
As @Lauri said:
You can also use list_allowed_values().
$field = field_info_field('field_name');
$allowed_values = list_allowed_values($field);