Personalised Medicine, Individual Choice and the Common Good

Hippocrates famously advised doctors 'it is far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has'. Yet 2,500 years later, 'personalised medicine', based on individual genetic profiling and the achievements of genomic research, claims to be revolutionary. In this book, experts from a wide range of disciplines critically examine this claim. They expand the discussion of personalised medicine beyond its usual scope...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108473911
• ISBN13: 9781108473910
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.2" x 6.1"