title: Basic science: why do we do it?
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA. dmeldrum@iupui.edu
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Meldrum
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D012586:Science / Q000379:methods*; D012945:Social Values