title: Science and government. Enhanced: in defense of NCCAM.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Straus
authors.forename: Margaret A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Chesney
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D035843:Biomedical Research; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000592:standards; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.) / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017712:Peer Review, Research; D011057:Politics; D011640:Public Policy; D011786:Quality Control; D012107:Research Design; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D014481:United States