Research in the Service of Man: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Government Research of the Committee on Government Relations, United States Senate, Ninetieth Congress, First Session on Biomedical Development, Evaluation of Existing Federal Institutions, February 28, March 1, 2, 3, and 16, 1967

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Considers Federal role in the field of biomedical research and development, and explores the establishment of research priorities and long-range plans in the field of biomedicine.

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