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Author Bondio, Mariacarla Gadebusch

Title Medical Ethics, Prediction, and Prognosis : Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (205 pages)
Series Routledge Annals of Bioethics
Routledge annals of bioethics.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Predictive Medicine-An Interdisciplinary Approach; Part I Individual Challenges; 1 Beyond the Causes of Disease: Prediction and the Need for a New Philosophy of Medicine; 2 Comprehending and Communicating Statistics in Breast Cancer Screening. Ethical Implications and Potential Solutions; 3 On the Nature of the Right Not to Know; 4 Predictive Diagnostic Testing for Late-Onset Neurological Diseases in Asymptomatic Minors: 'Do No Harm' and the Value of Knowledge; 5 Incidental Findings in Genetic Testing; Part II Social Challenges
6 Risk and Solidarity within Individualized Medicine7 Anticipatory Medicalization: Predisposition, Prediction, and the Expansion of Medicalized Conditions; 8 Predicting the Cost of Diseases in Resource-Poor Countries; 9 Genetic Disorders in Chinese Patients and Their Families: A Call for Action on Predictive Medicine; Part III Research Challenges; 10 Personalized Antidepressant Prescription: A Historical Perspective on Risks and Opportunities; 11 Predicting, Preventing, and Treating Alzheimer's Disease: Current State and Future Challenges
12 Early Detection, Prediction, and Prognosis of Alzheimer's Disease13 Immunoscore, Circulating Tumor Cells, and Human- Derived Organoids as Potential Predictive Tools in Personalized Cancer Medicine; Selected Bibliography; List of contributors; Index
Notes Print version record
Form Electronic book
Author Sporing, Francesco
Gordon, John-Stewart
ISBN 9781351802581
1351802585