Pain: A Political History

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275 Index abortion and “fetal pain,” 123–25, 128, 140, 150, 160, 205–6 ACA (Affordable Care Act, Obamacare), 208, 210–11 acupuncture therapy, 87–93, 90, 94 addiction: clock-watchers and, 137; controlled release and, 184; disability and, 100; fears of, 30, 31, 37, 127, 138; to heroin, 86; Kudlow and, 7; Limbaugh and, 6; lobotomy as cure for, 38; pain relief and, 141, 142, 211; OxyContin and, 168–71, 183–86, 187, 189, 194, 201; pseudoaddiction, 198, 207 Adkins, Janet, 131, 132, 133, 146 affluence, 30 Affordable Care Act (ACA, Obamacare), 208, 210–11 African Americans, 8, 48–49, 61, 68–69, 87, 195–96 AIDS, 7, 125–26, 151, 173, 180, 209 Albronda, Henry, 49, 50, 53, 54–55 Aldrich, Bailey, 97 Altemeier, William, 56 “alternative” remedies, 80–81, 87–93 Altmeyer, Arthur, 21–22 AMA. See American Medical Association American Academy of Pain Medicine, 200 American Legion, 14, 18, 26, 47 American Medical Association (AMA): conservative outlook of, 4, 18, 136; Eisenhower administration and, 23–24; government intervention into health care and, 166–67; Orr and, 13; PAS and, 156; perceptions of pain and disability by, 18; SSDI and, 45, 46–47; Texas reform and, 138; veterans’ benefits and, 20–21, 22; veterans’ groups and, 25–26 American Pain Foundation, 200 American Pain Society, 200 analgesia: management of pain through, 34, 86; patient-controlled, 95, 133 Annas, George, 180 Arnett, Dixon, 139 arthritis: arthritic personality, 55–56; Cox-2 inhibitors for, 183; ibuprofen for, 172; Oraflex for, 173–76, 179; pain and, 9, 22, 40, 51–60, 69–74, 125, 127, 151, 190, 192, 210; as service-related, 44 Asad, Talal, 202, 212 Ashcroft, John, 163, 166, 167 aspirin, 30, 174 Barbour, Haley, 136 Barritt, J. L., 52 Baucus, Max, 200 Bauer, Walter, 44 Beecher, Henry, 13, 14–15, 16, 34, 35, 67, 81 Bell, Robert, 48 Belli, Melvin, 51–52, 64–65 Page numbers in italic indicate figures. 276 INDEX Berger, F. M., 31 Ber v. Celebrezze, 233n10 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, 95–96, 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, 53, 54, 97, 101, 110, 111, 144, 152, 168, 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, 15, 24, 48, 49, 69, 113, 120, 127, 203; Kevorkian pain defense and, 132, 144–50; law and, 151, 153, 154, 155, 161, 163, 164–67, 206, 208; liberal government and, 59, 62, 63, 93, 94, 101, 105...