News (Media Awareness Project) - US CA: Right To Pain Medication |
| Title: | US CA: Right To Pain Medication |
| Published On: | 1999-07-14 |
| Source: | Houston Chronicle (TX) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-06 02:10:41 |
RIGHT TO PAIN MEDICATION
WASHINGTON -- A ruling by the Department of Health and Human Services
will force doctors and other health care workers in California to tell
patients they have the right to pain medication, activists said on
Tuesday.
They said they hoped the ruling would not only eventually make pain
relief more available to all Americans, but might also give desperate
patients an alternative to suicide.
The ruling came from the federal Health Care Financing Administration,
which oversees Medicare and Medicaid.
WASHINGTON -- A ruling by the Department of Health and Human Services
will force doctors and other health care workers in California to tell
patients they have the right to pain medication, activists said on
Tuesday.
They said they hoped the ruling would not only eventually make pain
relief more available to all Americans, but might also give desperate
patients an alternative to suicide.
The ruling came from the federal Health Care Financing Administration,
which oversees Medicare and Medicaid.
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