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AMA Resolution Establishes Specialty Section Council on Pain and Palliative Medicine
June 15, 2006
At the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA), June 10-14, the House of Delegates approved a resolution to establish a Specialty Section Council on Pain and Palliative Medicine. Adoption of this resolution gives Palliative Medicine a voice within the AMA along with other specialties that have Specialty Section Councils such as General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Neurology. Additionally, the association voted to increase education efforts about the importance of end-of-life planning.
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