Individualized Medicine - Ethical, Economical and Historical Perspectives (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)

In 2009 the University Medicine Greifswald launched the "Greifswald Approach to Individualized Medicine" (GANI_MED) to implement biomarker-based individualized diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in clinical settings. Individualized Medicine (IM) has led not only to controversies about its potentials, but also about its societal, ethical and health economic implications. This anthology focusses on these areas and includes - next to clinical examples illustrating how the integrated analysis of biomarkers leads to significant improvement of therapeutic outcomes for a subgroup of patients - chapters about the definition, history and epistemology of IM. Additionally there is a focus on conceptual philosophical questions as well as challenges for applied research ethics (informed consent process, the IT-based consent management and the handling of incidental findings). Finally it pays attention to health economic aspects. The possibilities of IM to initiate a paradigm shift in the German health care provision are investigated. Furthermore, it is asked whether the G-DRG system is ready for the implementation of such approaches into clinical routine.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Advances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine, 7
Release date:	March 2015
First published:	2015
Editors:	Tobias Fischer • Martin Langanke • Paul Marschall • Susanne Michl
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	323
Edition:	2015 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-11718-8
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Medical genetics Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research
LSN:	3-319-11718-1
Barcode:	9783319117188

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