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HHS "Conscience" Rule: What About End-of-Life Pain Care?

By Barbara Coombs Lee

January 12, 2009 - 8:00am

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Most reactions to the HHS conscience rule focus on impending damage to reproductive services. But the rule will surely obstruct and delay good care in many instances, increasing the suffering of dying patients and their loved ones.

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