Individualized Medicine
Ethical, Economical and Historical Perspectives
Editors: Fischer, T., Langanke, M., Marschall, P., Michl, S. (Eds.)
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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.
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“This collection of essays is an interdisciplinary effort to provide a comprehensive overview of individualized medicine. … it is relevant for global researchers and practitioners of individualized medicine. … By carefully gathering a diverse collection of essays, the editors provide us with a much-needed, comprehensive analysis of individualized medicine.” (Kathrine Bendtsen, Doody’s Book Reviews, October, 2015)
- Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-7
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The Meaning of “Individualized Medicine”: A Terminological Adjustment of a Perplexing Term
Pages 11-28
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Individualized Medicine Within the GANI_MED Project
Pages 29-42
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Inventing Traditions, Raising Expectations. Recent Debates on “Personalized Medicine”
Pages 45-60
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The Epistemics of “Personalized Medicine”. Rebranding Pharmacogenetics
Pages 61-78
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Individualized Medicine
- Book Subtitle
- Ethical, Economical and Historical Perspectives
- Editors
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- Tobias Fischer
- Martin Langanke
- Paul Marschall
- Susanne Michl
- Series Title
- Advances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine
- Series Volume
- 7
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-11719-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-11719-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-11718-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-34698-4
- Series ISSN
- 2211-3495
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 323
- Number of Illustrations
- 6 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
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