The AMA’s Historic Health Fraud and Alternative Medicine Collection includes images of quack devices from the early 20th century that generated oversight we now take for granted.
AMA J Ethics. 2021;23(9):E721-738. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2021.721.
Mark Gilbert, PhD, Leanne Picketts, MEd, Anna MacLeod, PhD, and Wendy A. Stewart, MD, MMEd, PhD
This study offers an arts-based tool set capable of being delivered within the familiar medical education setting and established structure of the OSCE.
AMA J Ethics. 2022;24(7):E556-562. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.556.
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) was widely used in the 1940s to 1960s to prevent pregnancy loss but was later found to be associated with adverse health effects in exposed offspring, underscoring the need for careful evaluation of new therapies.
AMA J Ethics. 2015;17(9):865-870. doi:
10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.9.mhst1-1509.