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| ==== AMA Front Group Quackwatch ==== | ==== AMA Front Group Quackwatch ==== |
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| "Research shows that during the first one hundred years of the AMA's existence it formed councils and committees which sat in judgement of its economic competitors. These committees would "investigate" the various alternative health-care systems and would then report on their findings and make determinations and recommendations that the public should stay away from such "quackery." | "Research shows that during the first one hundred years of the [[:American Medical Association]] existence it formed councils and committees which sat in judgement of its economic competitors. These committees would "investigate" the various alternative health-care systems and would then report on their findings and make determinations and recommendations that the public should stay away from such "quackery." |
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| [[:Coordinating Conference on Health Information]] (CCHI) The CCHI and the AMA's [[:Committee on Quackery]] continued to serve this function from 1963 to 1975. However, when the writing was on the wall, Doyl Taylor saw that his propaganda department was "going down for the count." He apparently took steps to see that his work continued even if he weren't around to supervise the AMA's campaigns against the "quacks." | [[:Coordinating Conference on Health Information]] (CCHI) The CCHI and the AMA's [[:Committee on Quackery]] continued to serve this function from 1963 to 1975. However, when the writing was on the wall, Doyl Taylor saw that his propaganda department was "going down for the count." He apparently took steps to see that his work continued even if he weren't around to supervise the AMA's campaigns against the "quacks." |
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| * [end quotes] ((https://web.archive.org/web/20070705225953/http://whale.to/a/lisa_b.html)) | * [end quotes] ((https://web.archive.org/web/20070705225953/http://whale.to/a/lisa_b.html)) |
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| | ==== Other Barrett Front Groups ==== |
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| | The [[:National Council Against Health Fraud]] (NCAHF) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt group which describes itself as "focused upon health fraud, misinformation, and quackery as public health problems." The NCAHF website is run by board member [[:Stephen Barrett]], M.D. The group also produces a weekly online newsletter in association with Quackwatch.org. [24] Although the group maintains a website, its 990 forms indicate no income or expenses for the fiscal year ending in 2006, the last year it's financial reports were available on Guidestar. ((https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Medical_Association#Associations_with_other_groups)) |
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