Word: ama
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chairman of the Council on Drugs of the AMA, speaking as an individual, has publicly declared that brand names for drugs "should be abolished" and that "the public's best interest will not be served until this is done" since "they [the brand names] serve no constructive purpose". He termed arguments for brand-name prescribing "laughable" and "puerile". (Nelson Committee Hearings...
Last week the President of the AMA personally told me that "doctors should be free to prescribe as they wish," but overlooked that since each doctor is subject to at least $3000 worth of brand-name brainwash per year, each is likely to be a captive of the drug industry. By definition, a captive is not free...
Taking courage from stated views of the present Chairman of the AMA's Council on Drugs and of ex-president George Washington, I go on record as supporting passage of the Serlin Bill in the form it had when unanimously passed by the lower House and I strongly suggest that individuals and consumer groups follow suit. Richard Burack...
Most of the students voted against the strike, arousing call of "AMA finks" and some verbal lashing from a few Afro students...
Another important aspect of the plan is its firm emphasis on group practice. Ten years ago, a subcommittee of the AMA denounced the trend towards creeping groupism as a danger as great as "socialized medicine." But the group mode has won reputability since then; and more important, it has shown in practice that it is far more efficient than single-doctor treatment...