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Hearing before the
Senate Committee on the Judiciary

on

“H.R. 2260, the Pain Relief Promotion Act”

Tuesday, April 25, 2000

9:30 a.m., Senate Dirksen Building, Room 226




PHOTOS





Senator Don Nickles (R-OK) appears before the committee.






Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Gordon Smith (R-OR) offer remarks.






Eric Chevlen, M.D. of Youngstown, OH.






Arthur Caplan, M.D. of Philadelphia, PA.






Rabbi J. David Bleich of Washington, DC.






Kathleen Foley, M.D. of New York, NY.






Walter R. Hunter, M.D. of Indianapolis, IN.



Senators' Statements


Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Chairman


Panel I


The Honorable Don Nickles
United States Senator, Oklahoma


The Honorable Ron Wyden
United States Senator, Oregon


The Honorable Gordon Smith
United States Senator, Oregon


Panel II


Eric Chevlen, M.D.
Director of Palliative Care
Cancer Care Center
St. Elizabeth Medical Center
Youngstown, Ohio


Arthur Caplan, Ph.D.
Center for Bioethics
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA


Rabbi J. David Bleich
on behalf of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
Washington, D.C.


Kathleen Foley, M.D.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York


Walter R. Hunter, M.D.
Associate National Medical Director
VistaCare Hospice
Indianapolis, Indiana