The movement against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War began smallâamong peace activists and leftist intellectuals on college campusesâbut gained national prominence in 1965, after the United States began bombing North Vietnam in earnest.
Coordinates: 38Â°53â²48â³N 77Â°01â²10â³W / 38.8968Â°N 77.0194Â°W / 38.8968; -77.0194. The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly called the Institute of Medicine (IoM), is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization.
In Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) calls on all healthcare organizations, professional groups, and private and public purchasers to adopt as their explicit purpose to continually reduce the burden of illness, injury, and disability and to improve the health and functioning of the ...