The painlaw.org web site is a public resource of general information on the legal aspects of pain management and end-of-life care in the United States. For purposes of this website, "palliative care" is the entire bundle of services that ease pain and provide comfort to an individual who has a serious illness or long-term chronic pain.
The painlaw.org web site is the on-line element of the Project on Palliative Care Law of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. The project is funded by a grant from the Project on Death in America.
The Palliative Care Reporter collects and disseminates legal materials and links that will assist attorneys and other advocates for:
- patients who are in pain or who have a terminal illness;
- patients and families facing legal issues relating to withdrawing treatment at end of life;
- patients and families who have experienced poor pain management by their HMOs or doctors;
- doctors and other medical professionals who want to understand their rights and obligations under
state and federal law;
- doctors or other medical persons who are under investigation for pain management prescription
for legitimate pain patients.
You may contact the Project on Palliative Care Law with news of cases, briefs, law review articles or other sources of
information. We encourage multi-disciplinary content that will help lawyers, doctors, patients and
regulators understand one another better as they work to improve access to palliative care.
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This content is provided by the Project on Palliative Care Law of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. For more information visit the Project's web site at www.painlaw.org.