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Medical Ethics, Prediction, and Prognosis - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Hardcover)
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Medical Ethics, Prediction, and Prognosis - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Annals of Bioethics
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Recent scientific developments, in particular advances in
pharmacogenetics and molecular genetics, have given rise to
numerous predictive procedures for detecting predispositions to
diseases in patients. This knowledge, however, does not necessarily
promise benign results for either patients or health care
professionals. The aim of this volume is to analyse issues related
to prediction and prognosis as a burgeoning field of medicine,
which is revolutionizing the way we understand and approach
diagnosis and treatment. Combining epistemic and ethical reflection
with medical expertise on contemporary practice and research, an
interdisciplinary group of international experts critically examine
anticipatory medicine from various perspectives, including history
of medicine, bioethics, theories of science, and health economics.
The highly complex issues involved in medical prediction call for a
far-reaching debate on the value and scope of foreknowledge. For
example, which responsibilities and burdens arise when still
healthy people learn of their predisposition to diseases? How
should health care insurance reflect risky life styles? Is the
increasing medicalization of life connected with prevention
ethically sustainable and financially possible in the developing
world? These and other related issues are the subject of this
timely and important book, which not only serves as an introduction
to the area, but also proposes many feasible solutions to the
problems outlined.
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