Relevance of health literacy to precision medicine : proceedings of a workshop /

On January 20, 2015, President Obama announced the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) in his State of the Union address. The PMI, by developing new approaches for detecting, measuring, and analyzing a wide range of biomedical information including molecular, genomic, cellular, clinical, behavioral,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Alper, Joe (rapporteur.)
Corporate Author: Relevance of Health Literacy to Precision Medicine (Workshop)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Precision Medicine Initiative.
Health literacy > United States > Congresses.
Precision medicine > United States > Congresses.
Health literacy.
Precision medicine.
Health Literacy
Precision Medicine.
Health Communication
Compétence informationnelle en santé > États-Unis > Congrès.
Médecine de précision > États-Unis > Congrès.
Compétence informationnelle en santé.
Médecine de précision.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Health literacy
Precision medicine
United States
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Genetic literacy
  • The intersection of health literacy and precision medicine
  • Health liteacy in precision medicine research
  • Communicating risk and uncertainty in the clinical setting
  • Communicating with the public
  • Reflections on the day
  • References
  • Appendix A: Workshop agenda
  • Appendix B: Biographical sketches of workshop speakers, moderators, and reactors.

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