by Laura DeStefano | Jun 27, 2012 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Introduction Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD President, Institute of Medicine In a discussion paper published in January 2012, a group of us at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) put forward some ideas about the “deadly sins” of public health. At the end, I suggested six...
by Laura DeStefano | Jan 27, 2012 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
At a recent meeting for Institute of Medicine (IOM) staff, I delivered a version of my 2011 Frank A. Calderone Prize Lecture, which included reference to the seven deadly sins. As originally enunciated by Pope Gregory I in 590 A.D., the deadly sins are lust, sloth,...