The politics of personalised medicine : pharmacogenetics in the clinic /

Applies a social science perspective to exploring issues arising in clinical practice as a result of drug development linked to genetic testing. These include the social context within which new drugs are trialled, attitudes of the clinicians asked to administer them, expectations of clinicians and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hedgecoe, Adam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Colección:Cambridge studies in society and the life sciences.
Temas:
Pharmacogenetics > Social aspects.
Pharmacology > Social aspects.
Social ecology.
Social Environment
Pharmacogénétique > Aspect social.
Pharmacologie > Aspect social.
Écologie sociale.
human ecology.
Social ecology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Personalised medicine
  • A revolution in healthcare; 2 Pharmacogenetics, expectation and promissory science; 3 Genetics, moral risk and professional resistance; 4 Clinical resistance to Alzheimer's pharmacogenetics; 5 Research, industry and pharmacogenetic literacy; 6 Engineering the clinic
  • getting personalised medicine into practice; 7 The fourth hurdle
  • cost-effectiveness and the funding of pharmacogenetics; 8 Disappointment and disclosure in the pharmacogenetic clinic.

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