To Improve Human Health -- Copyright -- Preface -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Foreword -- Author's Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Creating the Institute of Medicine -- THE PAGE DISCUSSION GROUP -- WALSH MCDERMOTT AND THE BOARD ON MEDICINE -- THE HEART TRANSPLANT STATEMENT -- BUSINESS OF THE BOARD -- DEBATE OVER A NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE -- REJECTION BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES -- THE DIPLOMACY OF RECONCILIATION -- THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 2 The Institute of Medicine Begins Operations -- RECRUITING MEMBERS
JOHN HOGNESSSTAFFING THE INSTITUTE AND BUREAUCRATIC ROUTINES -- CANCER WARS -- ENTITLEMENT AND HEALTH CONTRASTS -- HEALTH EFFECTS OF ABORTION -- POLICY STATEMENTS -- THE COSTS OF EDUCATION STUDY -- THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE -- FUND-RAISING -- ORGANIZATIONAL ROUTINES -- RELATIONS WITH THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES -- DONALD FREDRICKSON -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 3 The Hamburg Era -- DAVID HAMBURG ARRIVES -- RUTH HANFT AND THE SOCIAL SECURITY STUDIES -- THE INSTITUTE RECHARTS ITS COURSE -- REORGANIZATION -- CLEARING THE PIPELINE
THE MALPRACTICE STUDY AND THE POLIO STUDYTHE EMBRACE OF THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION -- WORKING FOR THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION ON INTERNATIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH -- WORKING WITH THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION: THE DENTAL STUDY AND THE SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT -- RIDDLES OF POWER -- FUND-RAISING -- DEFINING THE INSTITUTE'S MISSION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 4 Fred Robbins and the Sproull Report -- SEARCHING FOR FREDERICK ROBBINS -- BACKLIST OF PROJECTS -- THE EBERT REPORT -- ADVENT OF THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION -- STUDIES DURING THE REAGAN ERA -- FUND-RAISING
THE SPROULL REPORTDEFENDING THE INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- 5 Expansion of the Institute of Medicine -- SAMUEL THIER AND THE OUTREACH TO FOUNDATIONS -- REPORT DISSEMINATION AND EXPANSION OF THE INSTITUTE -- THE INSTITUTE'S PROGRAM -- ORGANIZATIONAL ROUTINES -- NOTES -- 6 The Institute of Medicine and AIDS -- FACING UP TO THE PROBLEM -- TOWARD THE 1986 REPORT -- THE 1986 REPORT -- AIDS WORKSHOPS -- TOWARD THE 1988 REPORT -- THE 1988 REPORT -- ADVICE FOR THE PRESIDENT -- THE INSTITUTE'S AIDS ACTIVITIES
CONTINUING INTEREST IN AIDSTHE INSTITUTE AND AIDS -- NOTES -- 7 The Institute of Medicine at Twenty Five -- KENNETH SHINE ARRIVES -- THE INNER DETAILS OF HEALTH CARE POLICY -- THE INSTITUTE AS PUBLIC HEALTH CRUSADER -- SCIENCE AND POLITICS -- THE INSTITUTE'S AUDIENCE -- STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THE HEALTH SECURITY PLAN -- THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICINE? -- SUMMING UP -- NOTES -- Index -- About the Author ..
