Me Medicine vs. We Medicine : Reclaiming Biotechnology for the Common Good
Donna. Dickenson
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | New York : : Columbia University Press, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (304 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Table of Contents; Preface; 1. A Reality Check for Personalized Medicine; 2. ""Your Genetic Information Should Be Controlled By You"" : Personalized Genetic Testing; 3. Pharmacogenetics: One Patient, One Drug?; 4. ""Your Birth Day Gift"" : Banking Cord Blood; 5. Enhancement Technologies: Feeling More Like Myself; 6. ""The Ancient, Useless, Dangerous, and Filthy Rite of Vaccination"" : Public Health, Public Enemy?; 7. Reclaiming Biotechnology for the Common Good; Notes; References; Index. - Personalized healthcare?or what the award-winning author Donna Dickenson calls ?Me Medicine"?is radically transforming our longstanding, ?one-size-fits-all" model. Technologies such as direct-to-consumer genetic testing, pharmacogenetics in cancer care, private umbilical cord blood banking, and neurocognitive enhancement claim to cater to an individual's specific biological character. In some cases, these technologies have shown powerful potential, yet in others, they have produced negligible or even negative results. Whatever is behind the rise of Me Medicine, it isn't just science. So w
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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Biological Science Disciplines Vis mer... Biotechnology
Clinical Medicine Disciplines and Occupations Environment and Public Health Ethics Health Care Health Care Economics and Organizations Health Occupations Human Rights Humanities Individualized Medicine Medicine Morals Natural Science Disciplines Philosophy Principle-Based Ethics Psychiatry and Psychology Psychology, Social Public Health Public Health Practice Social Control, Formal Social Sciences Sociology Technology Technology, Industry, Agriculture Technology, Industry, and Agriculture Therapeutics Biotechnology -- Ethics. Individualized medicine -- Ethics. Public health practice -- Ethics. Social justice. Bioteknologi Etikk Health & Biological Sciences Individualisering Public Health - General Sosialmedisin |
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| ISBN | 9780231159746
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