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Nature Medicine 13, 892 (2007)
Published online: 31 August 2007 | doi:10.1038/nm0807-892

Nominee for US top doc grilled on political pressure

Meredith Wadman1

  1. Washington, DC


James Holsinger is up for the post of US surgeon general.


The post of US surgeon general, the nation's top medical authority, has long been highly politicized. The man seeking to be the next incumbent is finding himself on the front lines of the conflict between scientific evidence and public opinion over issues such as embryonic stem cell research and homosexuality.

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