To Improve Human Health : A History of the Institute of Medicine

Since its founding in 1970, the Institute of Medicine has become an internationally recognized source of independent advice and expertise on a broad spectrum of topics and issues related to the advancement of the health sciences and education and public health.

Institute activities, reports, and policy statements have gained a wide audience both in the United States and throughout the world. In this first formal history of the Institute, Professor Edward D.

Berkowitz describes many of the important individuals and events associated with the Institute's creation, operation, development, and accomplishments since its founding, as well as the issues and challenges the Institute has confronted over the years that have helped shape it and to which it has contributed potential solutions and responses. Table of ContentsFront Matter1 Creating the Institute of Medicine2 The Institute of Medicine Begins Operations3 The Hamburg Era4 Fred Robbins and the Sproull Report5 Expansion of the Institute of Medicine6 The Institute of Medicine and AIDS7 The Institute of Medicine at Twenty FiveIndexAbout the AuthorPhotographs