Medical Law

Can Precision Medicine Be Personal; Can Personalized Medicine Be Precise?

Edited by Y. Michael Barilan · Margherita Brusa · Aaron Ciechanover
Oxford University Press February 2022

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780198863465
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
February 2022
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

People have always sought medical care that is tailored to every individual patient. Alongside with the historical development of institutions of care, the vision of personal and 'holistic' care persisted. Patient-centred medicine, interpersonal communication and shared decision making have become central to medical practice and services.

This evolving vision of 'personalized medicine' is in the forefront of medicine, creating debates among ethicists, philosophers and sociologists of medicine about the nature of disease and the definition of wellness, the impact on the daily life of patients, as well as its implications on low-income countries. Is increased 'precision' also an improvement on the personal aspects of care or erosion of privacy? Do 'precise' and 'personalized' approach marginalize public health, and can this care be personalized without attention to culture, economy and society?

The book provides a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary discussion of the ethos and ethics of precision/personal medicine, involving scientists who have shaped the field, in dialogue with ethicists, social scientists and philosophers of science. The contributing scholars come from all over the world and from different cultural backgrounds providing reflective perspectives of history of ideas, critical theory and technology assessment, together with the actual work done by pioneers in the field. It explores issues such as global justice, gender, public health, pharmaceutical industry, international law and religion, and explores themes discussed in relation to personalized medicine such as new-born screening and disorders of consciousness.

This book will be of interest to academicians in bioethics, history of medicine, social sciences of medicine as well as general educated readers.

Table of Contents

1. Precision and Persons in Medicine: An Introduction
Yechiel Michael Barilan and Margherita Brusa
2. The historical background of Personalized Medicine
Diego Gracia Guillen
3. What 21st Century Medicine Should Be-History, Vision, Implementation and Opportunities
Leroy Hood, Nathan D. Price, and Simon J. Evans
4. The Problematic Side of Precision Medicine: A Short Voyage through Some Questions
Giovanni Boniolo
5. The precision paradox - How personalized medicine increases uncertainty
Henrik Vogt
6. Genomics and Precision Medicine: Through a Different Prism
Farhat Moazam
7. Personalization, Individuation and the Ethos of Precision Medicine
Yechiel Michael Barilan
8. Personalized Medicine and Genetic Newborn Screening
Margherita Brusa and Donna Dickenson
9. The Revolution of Personalized Medicine is Already Upon Us in Rare Diseases
Christopher P. Austin
10. Personalized Medicine and Disorders of Consciousness: An Alternate Convergence of Knowledge towards a New Clinical Nosology
Joseph J. Fins
11. Gender and Personalized Medicine: Methodological and Ethical Pitfalls
Marianne J. Legato
12. Potential Challenges to Doctor-Patient Trust Posed by Personalized Medicine
Shlomo Cohen
13. When does precision matter? Personalised medicine from the perspective of public health
James Wilson
14. CRISPR - A Challenge for National and International Regulation
Dianne Nicol
15. The Advent of Automated Medicine? The values and meanings of precision
Barbara Prainsack
16. Thoughtful Genomics
Jenny Reardon
17. Islamic Sunni perspectives on the ethics of precision medicine
Mehrunisha Suleman
18. Genetics, genetic profiles and Jewish law
Yehoshua Weisinger and Yechiel Michael Barilan
19. Pharmaceutical Contributions to Personalized Medicine
Roger Perlmutter
HKD 598.85 −3%
HKD 617.37

Inclusive of HK delivery

Ready to ship
Delivery Time: around 4-5 weeks
Extra 2-10 working days if shipping address outside Hong Kong
  • Free HK shipping over HK$1,000
  • International shipping to 35+ countries
Order Form
Save

Recommended

You may also be interested in these books:

More titles from Medical Law

View all