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Charles Marwick

JAMA. 2000;283:990-991.

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Rockville, Md—The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is developing an ambitious program of expanded research, training, and career development with the goal of incorporating complementary and alternative (CAM) medical practices that have been proven safe and effective into mainstream medicine. Center Director Stephen E. Straus, MD, outlined the program here at a meeting of the advisory council.

In response to congressional mandate, the center was created last February by Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala. It replaces the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) and has broader responsibilities than did that office. It can make grants and contracts directly, for example, without having to place them through other NIH institutes.

Straus was appointed director in October. His presentation to the council of "a 5-year strategic plan" was his first public outline of where he sees CAM . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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