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To the Editor: We are writing in support of the Pain Relief Promotion Act of 1999 and to express reservations about your editorial in the December 16 issue.¹ As hematologists and oncologists, we care for terminally ill patients. Our perspective is sharpened by the fact that one of us recently lost his father to metastatic carcinoma and that it was necessary to prescribe controlled substances as palliation in the final weeks of life.

A physician's task is to relieve suffering and protect life but never to end life. The Pain Relief Promotion Act is an attempt by Congress to restore . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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