1922
Woman's Auxiliary to the AMA is organized to assist the AMA in its program for the advancement of medicine and public health
Judicial Council amended The Principles of Medical Ethics, outlawing the solicitation of patients by physicians, a policy that remained in effect until the new Principles were adapted in 1980
1923
Hygeia, the AMA's family health magazine, is founded
AMA adopts standards for medical specialty training
1924
Morris Fishbein begins 25-year tenure as editor of JAMA and Hygeia
The AMA begins radio broadcasts that bring health messages to the general public
1925
Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery founded under title Archives of Otolaryngology
AMA Propaganda Department becomes Bureau of Investigation
1926
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine founded under title Archives of Pathology
1927
AMA Council on Medical Education and Hospitals publishes first list of hospitals approved for residency training
1929
AMA acquires the Archives of Ophthalmology
AMA Council on Foods established as a subgroup of Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry
1930
AMA requests evaluative psychiatric services be made available to every criminal and juvenile court, and to correctional institutions
1931
AMA's Bureau of Medical Economics is established to study all economic matters affecting the medical profession
1934
Official recognition of specialty boards in medicine begins through collaborative efforts of the AMA Council on Medical Education and the Advisory Board for Medical Specialties (and later by its successor, the American Board of Medical Specialties)
During the Depression, the Judicial Council amended the Principles by making it unethical for any physician to dispose of his or her services to any lay body, organization, group or individual under the conditions that would permit any of them to receive a profit on the doctor's services
1935
Social Security Act is approved. It does not include compulsory health insurance due to AMA influence
1936
AMA Council on Foods becomes Council on Foods & Nutrition; council offers AMA Seal of Acceptance to food manufacturers who pass advertising and content tests and who conform with Food and Drug Act; council encourages enriching milk with vitamin D to prevent rickets, and salt with iodine to prevent goiter
AMA membership exceeds 100,000
1937
AMA advocates county medical societies to help share in the care of poor patients
1938
AMA Council on Foods and Nutrition publishesThe Normal Diet, containing the first authoritative dietary recommendations for Americans
1940
Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry discontinues analysis of drugs and directs efforts on providing physicians with information on efficacy of dosage administration; encourages the advancement of new drugs by issuing development grants
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