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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 18
Author: Liu (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : Pain Awareness Month and Women In Pain Awareness Day
SOURCE : For Grace
DIGEST : This resolution recognizes September 2013 as Pain
Awareness Month and calls upon all Californians to observe that
month by learning how to improve the quality of life of
Californians suffering from pain. This resolution also
recognizes September 13, 2013, as Women In Pain Awareness Day to
draw public attention to gender disparity in pain assessment and
treatment in the United States.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1. More than 100 million Americans live with chronic pain
caused by various diseases or disorders, and, each year,
nearly 25 million Americans suffer with acute pain, and often
are stigmatized and marginalized and often are not informed
about the right to effective pain assessment and management,
and most people with pain, including those at the end of
life, get little or no relief.
2. Women have a higher prevalence than men of chronic pain
syndromes and diseases associated with chronic pain, such as
fibromyalgia, complex pain syndrome, and osteoarthritis, and
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women respond differently to certain analgesics, and have
developed a number of coping mechanisms to deal with pain,
and this may contribute to a general perception that they can
endure more pain and that their pain does not need to be
taken as seriously.
3. The California-based Partners for Understanding Pain is a
growing coalition of pain sufferers, physicians, nurses,
social workers, pharmacists, therapists, civic leaders,
nonprofit organizations, and health care businesses whose
mission is to improve the quality of life for people in
California experiencing pain, and it is the collective
mission of this movement to provide practical information for
people with pain, inform health care professionals about pain
management, and serve as an advocate for people experiencing
pain.
This resolution recognizes September 2013 as Pain Awareness
Month and calls upon all Californians to observe that month by
learning how to improve the quality of life of Californians
suffering from pain. This resolution also recognizes September
13, 2013, as Women In Pain Awareness Day to draw public
attention to gender disparity in pain assessment and treatment
in the United States.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 3/12/13)
For Grace (source)
AB:k 3/13/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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