Pain (48 page)

as service-related,
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Asad, Talal,
202
,
212

Ashcroft, John,
163
,
166
,
167

aspirin,
30
,
174

Barbour, Haley,
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Barritt, J. L.,
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Baucus, Max,
200

Bauer, Walter,
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Beecher, Henry,
13
,
14
–15,
16
,
34
,
35
,
67
,
81

Bell, Robert,
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Belli, Melvin,
51
–52,
64
–65

Berger, F. M.,
31

Ber v. Celebrezze
,
233
n10

Best Years of Our Lives, The
(film),
24

Bextra,
169
,
191
,
192

Blatnik, John,
32

Bloodsworth, Doris,
187

Blum, Ronald,
142

Bonica, John,
35

acupuncture therapy and,
87
–93,
90

care of WWII veterans,
33
–34

early career of,
33
–35

on gate control theory,
85

illness of,
134

Mechanisms of Pain Management
,
33
–35

on pain centers,
96

pain commission and,
120
,
127

on pain consumers,
174

as pain expert,
76
–77,
81
,
86
,
88
,
89
,
96
,
126
–27

as reformer,
39

on visit to China,
94

Bork, Robert,
129

Bowen, Otis,
129
–30

Bradley, Omar,
27
,
39

Bradley Commission on Veterans' Compensation,
27
,
28
,
32
–33,
39
–41,
42
–44,
48
,
56

Breck, David,
147

Brena, Stephen,
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–96,
109

Brinkley, Edwin,
58

Bristol Myers-Squibb,
197

Brooks, Chet,
137

Brown, John R.,
61
–63

Brownback, Sam,
206

Burke, Edmund,
10
–11

Burrage, Walter,
42

Bush, George H. W.,
125
,
177

Bush, George W.,
125
,
188
,
193
,
208

Butterworth, Bob,
189

Califano, Joseph,
102
,
116

California: Intractable Pain Treatment Act,
138
–40

Limbaugh case in,
199

medical marijuana law in,
181
,
199

pain care reform in,
140
–41

PAS and,
140
–41,
150
–51

State Board of Pharmacy,
153

Campbell, Levin,
97

Canfield, Norton,
41
–42

Capps, Lois,
208

Capps-Rogers bill,
208
–10

Carpenter, Daniel,
72

Carter, Jimmy: administration of,
98
,
100
–101,
111
,
113
,
128

disability policies of,
102
–6,
109
,
110

Celebrex,
169
,
183
,
191
,
192

Celebrezze, Anthony,
59
,
116

CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome),
126

Cheney, Dick,
193

China, pain relief in,
89
–93,
90
,
94

chronic degenerative disease,
58

chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS),
126

Chronic Pain: America's Hidden Epidemic
(Brena),
109

Clements, William,
137

Clinton, Bill: conservatives and,
1
–5

as governor,
118

health care reform and,
135
–36

“I feel your pain” claim of,
1
–5,
10
,
158
,
204

PAS and,
6
,
158
,
161

Purdue Pharma and,
188

Coffin, Frank,
97

compassion: conservatism and,
125
,
129
,
162
,
205
,
208

conservative critique of,
1
–7,
17
,
45
,
49
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53
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54
,
97
,
101
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110
,
111
,
144
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168
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201

Eisenhower and,
24
,
26

as encouraging dependency,
54
–55

end-of-life care and,
129
,
131
,
132
–35,
140
,
143
,
186
,
206

“fetal pain” and,
124
,
205

Heckler campaign of,
113

as informing policy,
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,
24
,
48
,
49
,
69
,
113
,
120
,
127
,
203

Kevorkian pain defense and,
132
,
144
–50

law and,
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,
153
,
154
,
155
,
161
,
163
,
164
–67,
206
,
208

liberal government and,
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,
62
,
63
,
93
,
94
,
101
,
105
,
128
,
203

lobotomy and,
36
–37

Nussbaum on,
10

Reagan administration and,
101
,
105
,
110
,
113
,
123
–24

theaters of,
202
–8

U.S. Supreme Court and,
164
–67

compassionate liberalism.
See
liberalism

Compassion in Dying v. Washington
,
154

compensation for pain,
39
–46

Comp-U-Talk,
125

conservatism: advocates for,
1
,
3
,
5
,
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,
18
,
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,
168
,
187
,
199

co-existence with liberalism,
101
,
204

compassion and,
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,
129
,
162
,
205
,
208

contradictions of,
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,
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,
176
,
203
,
204

in courts,
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111
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,
118
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129
,
154
–55,
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critique of liberalism,
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–4,
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–130,
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government, free market, and,
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–73,
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as ideology,
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45
,
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,
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liberal critique of,
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105
,
128
–29,
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–77,
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–88

in medicine,
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27
,
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144
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as movement,
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,
54
,
97
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109
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124
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135
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neoconservatism,
69
,
96
,
98
–99,
168
–69

pain standard of,
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,
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–101,
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–23,
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128
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–63,
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religion and,
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,
149
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152
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155
–56,
163

tensions within,
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n6

veterans' benefits and,
25
–26,
27
–28

work, welfare, and,
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,
28
,
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110
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128
.
See also
Limbaugh, Rush; Reagan, Ronald

consumerism in drug market,
30
,
31
,
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,
170
,
173
,
179
–86.
See also
marketing of painkillers

Controlled Substances Act of 1970,
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,
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–61,
163
,
165
,
183

Conyers, John,
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–77

cordotomy,
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n41

courts: battles over pain and disability in,
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12
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–69,
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100
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207
–8

Kevorkian pain defense in,
144
–50

mantra of law and economics in,
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,
122

medications and,
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–79

pain as commodified in,
52

pain drugs and,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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PAS and,
131
–35,
144
–59,
163
–67

Reagan and,
101
–2,
117
–19,
129

theatrics of pain in,
52
,
64
–65,
207
–8.
See also
legal issues; Supreme Court;
specific cases

Cromley, Ray,
20

Crown Zellerbach,
73

Cruzan, Nancy,
157

cybernetics,
78

DAV (Disabled American Veterans),
25
,
47

DEA.
See
Drug Enforcement Administration

death with dignity,
9
,
134
,
143
,
149
,
150
–59.
See also
physician-assisted suicide

Demerol,
30
–31

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW),
59
,
61
,
62
–63,
98
,
102
,
109
,
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
98
,
99
,
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,
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,
116
,
135
,
173
,
211
.
See also
Heckler, Margaret; Schweiker, Richard

Department of Justice,
163
–64,
176
,
177
,
191

dependency: disability benefits and,
54

fear and hatred of,
2
–9

“low back losers” and,
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–97

Orr on,
47

on painkillers,
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30
,
37
–38,
72
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142
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theories about,
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–9,
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50
,
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,
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,
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,
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of veterans,
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17
–18,
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–22

welfare and,
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,
105
,
118
,
128
,
202
–3

Deukmejian, George,
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Dietz, Marie,
149

dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO),
71
,
72
–75,
74
,
129

Dionne, E. J.,
2

dipyrone,
71
–72

direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA),
169
,
176
,
181
–82

disabilities: activism related to,
11
,
134
,
149
,
151
,
166
,
205

arthritis,
69
–76

cash value of,
39
–46

cost of,
16
,
46

elderly and,
27
,
45

expansion of programs for persons with,
2
,
20
–21,
58
,
64

legitimacy of pain complaints,
12
,
46
–49,
60
–64

medical experts and,
20
–28,
33
–37,
40
–47,
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