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Personalized Medicine : Empowered Patients in the 21st Century?.

Medicine has been personal long before the concept of 'personalized medicine' became popular. Health professionals have always taken into consideration the individual characteristics of their patients when diagnosing, and treating them. Patients have cared for themselves and for each other...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Prainsack, Barbara
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2017.
Series:Biopolitics--the bio-environment.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Setting the Stage for Personalized Medicine
  • The Patient Researcher
  • Always On: The Transmitting Patient
  • Beyond Empowerment
  • Just Profit?
  • Beyond Individualism
  • The Social Life of Evidence in Personalized Medicine
  • Conclusion: Patient Work in the Context of Personalization.