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If enacted the Conquering Pain Act would have formally noted the undertreatment of pain and established pain as a fifth vital sign. Major provisions include creating a Web site for medical professionals containing evidence-based practice guidelines developed for the treatment of pain, and increasing community pain-support networks. The bill also calls for a surgeon general’s report on the state of pain and symptom management in the United States.

Conquering Pain Act of 2001, H.R. 2156, S. 1024. [HTML] $[Lexis]
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Ron Wyden, Steps to Improve Quality of Life for People who are Dying, 6 PSYCHOL., PUB. POL'Y, & LAW 575 (2000). $[Lexis]$[Westlaw]
Summary: Article discusses congressional initiatives to improve care for the terminally ill and outlines the Conquering Pain Act. Senator Wyden [HTML] is a sponsor of the Act.

Statement of U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Before The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on "Improving End of Life Care" October 13, 1999 [HTML]