The movement against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War began smallâamong peace activists and leftist intellectuals on college campusesâbut gained national prominence in 1965, after the United States began bombing North Vietnam in earnest.
Coordinates: 38Â°53â²48â³N 77Â°01â²10â³W / 38.8968Â°N 77.0194Â°W / 38.8968; -77.0194. The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly called the Institute of Medicine (IoM), is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization.
Definition of Institute of Medicine. Institute of Medicine: A nonprofit organization established in 1970 as a component of the US National Academy of Sciences that works outside the framework of government to provide evidence-based research and recommendations for public health and science policy. Abbreviated IOM. The IOM is also an honorific membership organization.