Personalized Medicine in the Making: Philosophical Perspectives from Biology to Healthcare

This book explores the potential of personalized medicine to improve health outcomes by tailoring treatments to individual patients' genetic, biological, and environmental factors. It discusses the ethical, political, economic, and social implications of personalized medicine and the challenges and opportunities it presents for researchers and practitioners.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 326 pages
Publication date: 09 March 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book delves into the highly contentious realm of "personalized medicine," offering a multidisciplinary perspective. By seamlessly blending a humanistic and scientific approach, the book constructs a multifaceted framework to comprehend the boundaries and possibilities of a personalized approach in medicine and healthcare. The book explores personalized medicine and complex diseases, the interplay between personalized medicine and emerging bio-technologies, personalized medicine and personalized nutrition, and the ethical, political, economic, and social ramifications of personalized medicine. This volume holds immense appeal to researchers from diverse disciplines, including philosophy, bio-medicine, and the social sciences.

Chapter 16, titled "The Impact of Fantasy," is freely accessible through a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by following the link: link.springer.com.

Weight: 576g
Dimension: 154 x 233 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030748067
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022