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The Library at The New York Academy of Medicine is profiled in a flattering article in the The Village Voice's Fall Literary Supplement (Oct. 9-15 issue). Author Mark Dery describes the Academy library as "one of the finest medical libraries in the country" and gives readers a peek at some of the more esoteric holdings in the Academy's extensive historic collection. The book titles that grabbed his attention include How to Recognize and Handle Abnormal People, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Nude Mice, and Sex Life of the Foot and Shoe. The article, entitled "Gray Matter," also describes "the library's annals of pseudo-scientific bigotry." Among the books in this category, Dery writes, is Eradication of Syphilis and Crime by the Extirpation, in That Class, of the Procreative Power, an 1878 publication calling for the sterilization of the underclass. Photographs of the library by noted lenswoman Sylvia Plachy accompany the article.
Posted on October 16, 2002
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The 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture - The Affordable Care Act: An Insider’s View
Featured Speaker: Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
November 19, 2012 - The NYAM Section on Health Care Delivery welcomes Sherry Glied, PhD, former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who will deliver the 2012-2013 Duncan Clark Lecture on "The Affordable Care Act: An Insider's View."
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The New York Academy of Medicine with support from the New York State Heath Foundation released a new report, Federal Health Care Reform in New York State: A Population Health Perspective.
This report identifies opportunities that build on both the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) and New York’s ongoing efforts toward improving the health of its 19 million residents.
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