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To Improve Human Health: A History of the Institute of Medicine
Altman, Stuart, 101 , 139 , 165 , 227 , 230 , 243 , 265
AMA. See American Medical Association (AMA)
American Board of Internal Medicine, 181
American Broadcasting Company (ABC), 223
American Cancer Society, 60
American College of Physicians, 29 , 165 , 166
American Enterprise Institute, 166
American Heart Association, 16 , 250
American Medical Association (AMA), 2 , 4 , 12 , 15 , 64 , 165 , 188 , 273 -274
American Red Cross, 237
Analgesics
Reye's syndrome relationship, Institute of Medicine reports, 194
See also Drugs and drug industry
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 78-79 , 126 , 152 , 165 , 172 , 181-182 , 183
Armed forces. See Military personnel;
Veterans
Arrow, Kenneth, 81 , 137
Ashe, Arthur, 238
Aspirin. See Analgesics
Assembly of Life Sciences (ALS), 147 , 148
See also Commission on Life Sciences (CLS)
Assessing Genetic Risks , 259
Association of American Medical Colleges, 2 , 37 , 74 , 87 , 166 , 250 , 269 , 274
Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, 201
Axelrod, David, 197
B
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 219
Ball, John, 165 , 166
Ball, Robert M., 69 , 81 , 206 , 254
Baltimore, David, 215 , 217 , 218 , 219 , 220 , 222 , 223 , 225 , 226 , 227 , 231 , 233
Banta, David, 82
Barnard, Christian, 16
Barondess, Jeremiah, 110 , 189
Barry, David W., 225
Bateman, Mildred M., 67
Bazell, Robert, 223
Bazelon, David, 137
Bedrosian, John, 152
Beeson, Paul B., 54
Behrman, Richard E., 156
Bell, Daniel, 12
Bennett, Ivan L., Jr., 7 , 8 , 9 , 11 , 12 , 21 , 33 , 36 , 37 , 52 , 54
Berzon, Richard, 235.
Bevan, William, 169
Birth control. See Family planning
Birthweight
low birthweight, Institute of Medicine study, 156-158 , 173 , 263
pregnancy (unintended) issues, Institute of Medicine study, 256-267
See also Maternity
Blaxall, Martha, 68
Blood and blood products
AIDS transmission through blood supply, Institute of Medicine study , 237-241
Blood diseases and disorders
hemophiliacs AIDS contraction, Institute of Medicine study, 237-241
Blood Safety Committee, 241
See also Centers for Disease Control (CDC);
Committee on HIV and the Blood Supply;
Food and Drug Administration (FDA);
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Blue Cross Association, 113
Board on Health Care Services, 190
See also Division of Health Care Services
Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, 149-150
See also Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Board on Health Sciences Policy, 180-181 , 188 , 261
See also Division of Health Sciences Policy
Board on International Health, 187
See also Division of International Health
Board on Medicine, 2 , 33-38 , 42 , 50 , 52 , 53 , 56 , 60 , 61 , 62 63 , 64 , 66 , 76 , 78 , 103 , 114 , 134 , 145 , 152 , 172 , 173 , 186 , 190 , 203 , 205 , 223 , 268 , 269
business of, 20-23