The Ethics of Precision Medicine: The Problems of Prevention in Healthcare

by Paul Scherz

Paul Scherz explores the ethical challenges raised by precision medicine and its focus on medical risk as opposed to current disease.

Genetic technologies and artificial intelligence are rapidly changing the landscape of medical practice and patient care. In the emerging field of precision medicine, a patient's risk factors--especially genetic risk factors--are incorporated into an all-encompassing plan to prevent future...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268209057
• ISBN13: 9780268209056
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 216 Pages